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California farm counts, crops, and lists

Official statewide counts sit next to what this map can actually name. Crop rankings use CDFA and USDA figures. The tables below use the same named certified organic farms as the map pins (2,190 farms in the September 1, 2026 snapshot), including produce, meat, dairy, and other livestock. Handlers are left off these lists, matching the default map. Nothing here is guessed.

Lists use named certified organic farms from the same GeoJSON as the map pins — produce, meat, dairy, and other livestock. Handlers and processors are excluded, matching the map default. Acreage is whatever the directory recorded; it is never estimated.

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How many farms are in California?

Two different questions. The map counts named pins we can actually plot. Statewide totals come from USDA and CDFA. The 106 conventional pins on the map are not California's conventional farms.

Organic farms

2,190

on this map

Named certified-organic farms on this map (CCOF plus CAFF listings marked certified organic). Handlers and processors are excluded, matching the default map view. This is a directory subset — not every USDA-certified operation in California, and not every certifier.

3,369

CDFA statewide, 2023

3,369 registered organic producers (latest published: 2023). State Organic Program registrants that grow or produce organic food, feed, or fiber. Includes USDA-certified operations and operations exempt from certification. Down 5.9% from 3,582 producers in 2022. This is the latest published SOP organics report; CDFA has not released a 2024 or 2025 producer count. CDFA California Agricultural Organics Report 2023–2024.

USDA Census of Agriculture, 2022 (latest census; next is 2027): 3,039 farms with certified or exempt organic product sales. Table 51.

USDA Organic Integrity Database, as of 7/1/2025: 5,418 certified organic operations. California ranked 1st in the nation with 5,418 organic operations and 1,839,458 certified acres as of July 1, 2025. This counts USDA NOP operations (farms, handlers, and other certified scopes), not CDFA State Organic Program registered producers. OTA also reports California organic farmgate commodity sales of $11.2 billion (up 13% from $9.9 billion). CDFA’s latest SOP sales figure remains $11.8 billion in 2023 on 1.78 million acres — a different series. OTA California 2025 state sheet (Organic Integrity Database as of 7/1/2025).

Conventional farms

~60,095

statewide, latest published 2022 (USDA Census of Agriculture)

63,134 total farms − 3,039 farms with certified or exempt organic sales = 60,095. Statewide conventional is this subtraction, not the 106 named CAFF pins. The remainder includes conventional farms and any farm that did not report certified or exempt organic sales. 2022 figures only — CDFA’s 2023 producer count is not subtracted from the 2022 census total. USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, California state profile: 63,134 total California farms in 2022.

106

named pins on this map

Named conventional pins are CAFF family-farm listings only. They are not a census of conventional farms in California.

What California produces — and who buys it

California farms and ranches received $61.2 billion in cash receipts in 2024, up 3.6% from 2023. Rankings below are CDFA’s published top 10 for the 2024 crop year, based on USDA ERS numbers published as of September 3, 2025. That is the latest published crop year; CDFA has not posted 2025 cash receipts. Organic product sales: CDFA $11.8 billion in 2023 (1.78 million acres, latest SOP report). OTA California 2025 sheet: $11.2 billion farmgate commodity sales and 1,839,458 certified acres as of 7/1/2025.

Foreign buyers below are each commodity's share of California export value from the 2024–2025 California Agricultural Exports report (UC Davis / CDFA). Those tables are countries. USDA ERS and FAS publish California's foreign exports, not a ranked list of which other U.S. states buy the crop. CDFA lists these ten foreign destinations as California’s top agricultural export markets in 2024 (66.8% of export value). Destination tables are foreign trade. CDFA, USDA ERS State Agricultural Trade Data, and USDA FAS do not publish a ranked list of which other U.S. states buy California farm products.

Export share of farm-gate value · 2024

about 39%

$23.8 billion in agricultural exports ÷ $61.2 billion in farm cash receipts = 38.9% — value, not volume. California agricultural exports were $23.8 billion in 2024. Divided by $61.2 billion in farm cash receipts, that is 38.9% — about 39% of farm-gate cash receipts by value. This is not a share of tonnage. Latest published California export total is 2024 (CDFA / UC Davis 2024–2025 exports report). No 2025 calendar-year statewide export total is posted.

The other ~61% of 2024 farm-gate cash receipts stayed in the U.S. market, including California. That is a residual from the export-share arithmetic, not a published interstate shipping table. No official CDFA / ERS / FAS ranking of destination states is shown because none is published.

2024 export share of farm-gate value for major commodities
Commodity	Export share (value)
Almonds	87.5%Same-year CDFA cash receipts and UC Davis / CDFA export series.
Dairy and products	30.2%Milk cash receipts ÷ dairy and dairy-product exports.
Pistachios	Not computedNot computed. Export value ($2.925 billion) exceeds farm-gate receipts ($2.05 billion) — two official series, not a published share.
Wine	Not computedNot computed. CDFA’s top-10 cash-receipt line is grapes ($5.64 billion), not wine. Wine exports are $1.076 billion.
Walnuts	Not computedNot computed. Walnuts are a top export ($922 million) but are not on CDFA’s 2024 top-10 cash-receipt list.

#1
Dairy products, milk
$8.61 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
Milk is California’s largest farm commodity by cash receipts. Tulare County is the state’s leading milk county.
About 30.2% of that farm-gate value was exported ($2.60 billion foreign sales). 2024 dairy and dairy-product exports ($2.597 billion) ÷ 2024 milk cash receipts ($8.61 billion). Export value is the UC Davis / CDFA commodity export series.
Main foreign buyers (2024): Mexico 30% · Canada 15% · China and Hong Kong 7% · Japan 5% · South Korea 5%
#2
Almonds
$5.66 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
California grows essentially all U.S. almonds. Farm-gate value was the second-largest commodity in 2024.
About 87.5% of that farm-gate value was exported ($4.95 billion foreign sales). 2024 almond exports ($4.951 billion) ÷ 2024 almond cash receipts ($5.66 billion).
Main foreign buyers (2024): European Union 30% · India 19% · United Arab Emirates 8% · Turkey 6% · Japan 4% · China and Hong Kong 4%
#3
Grapes
$5.64 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
CDFA’s cash-receipt line is all grapes (wine, table, and raisin). Wine, table grapes, and raisins are reported separately in the export tables, so there is no single published grape export-share percentage.
Not computed. 2024 foreign sales of related products: wine $1.076 billion, table grapes $0.720 billion, raisins $0.195 billion — different commodities than the all-grapes farm-gate line.
- Wine exports: $1.08 billion
- Table grapes exports: $0.72 billion
- Raisins exports: $0.20 billion
Main foreign buyers (2024): Canada (table grapes) 37% · Mexico (table grapes) 25% · Canada (wine) 35% · European Union (wine) 13% · United Kingdom (wine) 13%
#4
Cattle and calves
$4.98 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
Live cattle and calves leaving California farms. Beef-product exports are a different, more processed series.
About 8.2% of that farm-gate value was exported ($0.41 billion foreign sales). 2024 beef and products exports ($409 million, including hides) ÷ 2024 cattle-and-calves cash receipts ($4.98 billion). These are related but not identical commodities.
Main foreign buyers (2024): China and Hong Kong 21% · South Korea 20% · Japan 17% · Mexico 12% · Canada 10%
#5
Lettuce
$3.67 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
Head, leaf, and romaine. California supplies most U.S. lettuce.
About 11.2% of that farm-gate value was exported ($0.41 billion foreign sales). 2024 lettuce exports ($410 million) ÷ 2024 lettuce cash receipts ($3.67 billion).
Main foreign buyers (2024): Canada 85% · Mexico 8%
#6
Strawberries
$3.46 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
Fresh strawberries dominate California berry cash receipts.
About 16.1% of that farm-gate value was exported ($0.56 billion foreign sales). 2024 strawberry exports ($558 million) ÷ 2024 strawberry cash receipts ($3.46 billion).
Main foreign buyers (2024): Canada 60% · Mexico 19% · Japan 4%
#7
Pistachios
$2.05 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
California produces essentially all U.S. pistachios. Export value can exceed farm-gate receipts because the export series values shipped product, not the same farm cash-receipt definition.
Not computed. 2024 pistachio exports were $2.925 billion; 2024 farm cash receipts were $2.05 billion. A simple ratio would exceed 100% and mix two different official series.
Main foreign buyers (2024): China and Hong Kong 32% · European Union 25% · Vietnam 8% · Turkey 5% · Canada 5%
#8
Tomatoes
$1.64 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
Fresh-market and processing tomatoes combined in the CDFA cash-receipt ranking.
About 58.3% of that farm-gate value was exported ($0.96 billion foreign sales). 2024 processed-tomato exports ($915 million) plus fresh-tomato exports ($41 million) ÷ 2024 tomato cash receipts ($1.64 billion).
Main foreign buyers (2024): Canada (processed) 33% · Mexico (processed) 21% · Japan (processed) 10% · European Union (processed) 10%
#9
Carrots
$1.57 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
Fresh and processed carrots. California is the country’s leading carrot state.
About 6.3% of that farm-gate value was exported ($0.10 billion foreign sales). 2024 carrot exports ($99 million) ÷ 2024 carrot cash receipts ($1.57 billion).
Main foreign buyers (2024): Canada 89% · Mexico 6%
#10
Broilers
$1.37 billion farm cash receipts, 2024
Chicken raised for meat. CDFA’s export table lists “chickens” separately and does not publish destination shares for that line.
About 2.2% of that farm-gate value was exported ($0.03 billion foreign sales). 2024 chicken exports ($30 million) ÷ 2024 broiler cash receipts ($1.37 billion). Destination shares are not published for this commodity.
CDFA did not publish destination shares for this export line.

Top export commodities, 2024

1. Almonds — $4.95 billion
2. Pistachios — $2.93 billion
3. Dairy and products — $2.60 billion
4. Wine — $1.08 billion
5. Walnuts — $0.92 billion

Walnuts are a top export ($922 million in 2024) but are not on CDFA’s 2024 top-10 cash-receipt list, so this page does not publish a walnut farm-gate export share.

Walnut destinations (share of walnut export value): European Union 39% · Turkey 8% · Japan 8% · South Korea 7% · India 6% · Canada 5%.

Wine export destinations (2024 share of wine export value): Canada 35%, European Union 13%, United Kingdom 13%, China and Hong Kong 10%, Japan 7%. Wine is not a separate cash-receipt line in the CDFA top 10 (grapes are).

Top foreign destinations overall: Canada $3,881.3 million · European Union $2,996.8 million · Mexico $1,974.1 million · China and Hong Kong $1,770.4 million · Japan $1,316.2 million · India $1,227.6 million · South Korea $1,089.3 million · United Arab Emirates $612.6 million · Turkey $543.5 million · Vietnam $502.1 million.

How much organic food is exported?

U.S. organic sales, not California-only

4.4%

of U.S. organic product sales, 2025 (OTA)

About $3.4 billion exported vs $76.6 billion in U.S. organic sales.

United States figure, not California. CDFA does not publish a California organic export share. OTA’s 2026 Organic Market Report: U.S. organic product sales $76.6 billion in 2025. OTA’s 2026 U.S. Organic Exports Report (quoted by OTA and the U.S. Sustainability Alliance): organic exports estimated at $3.4 billion in 2025. $3.4 billion ÷ $76.6 billion = 4.4% by that arithmetic. OTA last published an explicit share of 4.7% for 2024 ($3.3 billion / $71.6 billion).

Source: Organic Trade Association, 2026 Organic Market Report and 2026 U.S. Organic Exports Report. See also USDA ERS Organic Agriculture.

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Largest organic farms in California

Ranked by directory-reported acres. 106 named organic farms have no usable acreage and are left off this list rather than estimated. Rangeland and pasture operations can be very large; acres are what CCOF or CAFF recorded, not a field survey.

#	Farm	County	Acres	What they grow
1	Hafenfeld Ranch	Kern	302,032 acres	Alfalfa, Cover Crop, Hay & Pasture, Native Grass Pasture, Pasture, Pasture & Rangeland, Rangeland, Silage
2	Jonathan C. Wooster and Margaret Jane Wooster	Monterey	91,000 acres	Citrus, Pasture
3	Grimmway Enterprises Inc - Bakersfield Region dba Grimmway Farms	Kern	61,563 acres	Carrots, Grain, Lettuces, Mixed Fruits & Vegetables, Mixed Vegetables, Onions, Pomegranates, Potatoes
4	Fagundes Bros. Dairy	Merced	59,067 acres	Alfalfa, Corn, Dairy, Fallow, Forage, Native Grass Pasture, Pasture, Pasture & Rangeland
5	Luscombe Farms DBA Luscombe Farms, LLC	Siskiyou	58,911 acres	Hay, Native Grass Pasture, Pasture, Pasture & Rangeland, Rangeland, Wheat
6	Wood Cattle Ranch, Inc.	Lassen	43,048 acres	Alfalfa, Pasture, Pasture & Rangeland, Rangeland
7	New Carrot Farms, LLC dba Bolthouse Fresh Foods	Kern	32,842 acres	Barley, Carrots, Cover Crop, Fallow, Garlic, Onions, Potatoes, Wheat
8	Wheat Land Inc.	Fresno	24,996 acres	Carrots, Fallow, Garlic, Wheat
9	Wm Bolthouse Farms Inc. DBA Generous Brands & Bolthouse Farms	Kern	24,664 acres	Not listed
10	Hewitson Farms/DH Farms	Kings	20,087 acres	Carrots, Fallow, Wheat
11	VC Cattle	Kern	19,932 acres	Native Grass Pasture
12	Susie Hunt - Soldier's Grove Ranch	Humboldt	17,181 acres	Pasture & Rangeland
13	Taylor Farming, LLC	Monterey	13,687 acres	Alliums, Amaranth, Arugula, Basil, Beans (Dry), Brassicas, Broccoli, Broccolini (Broccoletti/Broccolette)
14	Robert H. Mackey & Sons, Inc. dba Canyon Creek Ranch	Modoc	12,391 acres	Alfalfa, Barley, Hay, Hay & Pasture, Native Grass Pasture, Pasture, Pasture & Rangeland, Rangeland
15	Grimmway Enterprises Inc - Desert Region dba Grimmway Farms	Kern	12,357 acres	Grain, Mixed Vegetables
16	Alexandre Family Farm	Del Norte	8,564 acres	Alfalfa, Fallow, Hay, Native Grass Pasture, Oats, Pasture, Rangeland, Rye
17	Munger Bros., LLC dba Crowne Frozen Foods, Crowne Cold Storage	Tulare	8,209 acres	Blueberries, Fallow, Pistachios
18	Bar 7 Cattle Co.	Humboldt	7,827 acres	Hay, Pasture, Pasture & Rangeland
19	Ralphs Ranches Inc. dba Prather Ranch	Siskiyou	7,820 acres	Pasture, Pasture & Rangeland
20	Doodlebug Ranches, LLC dba Paicines Ranch	San Benito	7,333 acres	Cover Crop, Forage, Grain, Grapes (Wine), Hay, Oats, Rangeland
21	Justin & Meaghan Langer	Humboldt	7,153 acres	Hay, Pasture, Pasture & Rangeland, Rangeland
22	StarWalker Organic Farms	Siskiyou	7,000 acres	Alfalfa, Grain, Grass, Hay & Pasture, Pasture, Pasture & Rangeland, Rangeland, Triticale
23	Carey Ranches	Modoc	6,372 acres	Alfalfa, Grass, Pasture, Rangeland
24	Lundberg Family Farms (G)	Butte	5,807 acres	Fallow, Rice, Rice (Wild)
25	4-C Farming	Siskiyou	5,668 acres	Alfalfa, Barley, Fallow, Hay, Hay & Pasture, Pasture, Rangeland, Rye

Densest areas of organic farms

Regions below are groups of counties that hold the most named organic farms in this snapshot. The description is the crop mix from those listings — not a separate survey.

North Coast wine counties

457 named organic farms

457 named certified organic farms in this snapshot, most often listed with Grapes (Wine), Grapes (Cabernet Sauvignon), Fallow, Olives.

Sonoma 202
Napa 144
Mendocino 68
Lake 43

Central Coast berries and vegetables

400 named organic farms

400 named certified organic farms in this snapshot, most often listed with Strawberries, Fallow, Broccoli, Kale.

Santa Cruz 101
Monterey 128
San Luis Obispo 83
Santa Barbara 88

San Joaquin Valley

360 named organic farms

360 named certified organic farms in this snapshot, most often listed with Fallow, Almonds, Grapes, Oranges.

Fresno 142
Tulare 80
Kern 40
Kings 23
Madera 40
Merced 35

Southern avocado and citrus

219 named organic farms

219 named certified organic farms in this snapshot, most often listed with Avocados, Lemons, Oranges, Grapefruit.

San Diego 112
Ventura 51
Riverside 56

Every California county, by named organic farms

All 58 counties, most to least. Count is named certified organic farms on the map (handlers excluded). Alpine, Inyo, Mono have none in this snapshot. 1 farm has a city but no assigned county and is not in a row below.

Rank	County	Organic farms	Farms / 10k ag acres
1	Sonoma	202	19.3
2	Napa	144	27.8
3	Fresno	142	1.3
4	Monterey	128	5.6
5	San Diego	112	21.6
6	Santa Cruz	101	58
7	Santa Barbara	88	7.7
8	San Luis Obispo	83	5.8
9	Tulare	80	1.2
10	Yolo	73	2.4
11	Mendocino	68	14.6
12	Riverside	56	3.3
13	Humboldt	53	12.2
14	Los Angeles	51	18.3
15	Ventura	51	5.5
16	Butte	50	2.5
17	San Benito	49	9.8
18	Lake	43	14.7
19	Kern	40	0.5
20	Madera	40	1.1
21	San Joaquin	39	0.8
22	Merced	35	0.7
23	Santa Clara	30	12.6
24	Marin	29	18.3
25	Colusa	27	0.9
26	Glenn	24	0.9
27	Siskiyou	24	1.3
28	Sutter	24	1
29	Kings	23	0.5
30	Sacramento	23	1.4
31	Orange	22	61.6
32	San Mateo	22	39.4
33	Stanislaus	21	0.5
34	Nevada	20	43.4
35	Alameda	19	19.9
36	San Francisco	19	—
37	San Bernardino	17	7
38	Imperial	15	0.4
39	Yuba	15	1.8
40	Solano	14	0.8
41	Placer	13	3.2
42	Contra Costa	11	2.7
43	El Dorado	10	20
44	Shasta	9	1.5
45	Tehama	7	0.6
46	Lassen	4	0.3
47	Modoc	4	0.2
48	Amador	3	2.9
49	Mariposa	3	46
50	Calaveras	2	4.4
51	Del Norte	2	2.2
52	Plumas	2	0.4
53	Sierra	1	0.5
54	Trinity	1	2.5
55	Tuolumne	1	5.9
56	Alpine	0	0
57	Inyo	0	0
58	Mono	0	0

Farms per 10,000 agricultural acres uses DWR provisional 2024 mapped farmland as the denominator — a density hint, not a census.

Counties that use the most pesticides

Metric: pounds of pesticide active ingredients applied in calendar year 2023 (latest published PUR year; 2024 and 2025 are not released). Source: California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Pesticide Use Reporting 2023. This table is all application methods (ground and aerial). For aerially applied use only — where crop dusters appear in the official record — see the aerial application map. For ground / ground-based equipment only, see the ground application map. This is county-level reporting, not a list of farms.

CDPR Pesticide Use Reporting is county-level. These figures are not farm-level and cannot be assigned to a named organic or conventional operation on the map. Latest published year is 2023 (CalPIP Version 2025.01 is a 2023 data update). 2024 and 2025 PUR summaries are not released.

Rank	County	Pounds applied (2023)	Acres treated
1	Fresno	26,288,224	15,018,923
2	Kern	24,295,677	11,504,279
3	Tulare	16,798,434	8,313,878
4	San Joaquin	11,040,931	5,453,742
5	Monterey	9,155,256	6,337,204
6	Merced	7,096,296	5,122,000
7	Madera	6,668,849	4,740,830
8	Kings	6,256,523	5,888,396
9	Ventura	6,087,653	1,932,334
10	Santa Barbara	5,886,604	2,272,068
11	Stanislaus	5,532,385	4,306,932
12	Sacramento	4,847,854	1,342,005
13	Imperial	4,367,021	3,963,394
14	Yolo	3,782,762	2,112,652
15	Butte	2,892,138	1,969,498
16	Riverside	2,814,749	1,747,582
17	Sutter	2,658,624	1,784,483
18	San Luis Obispo	2,637,034	1,390,768
19	Los Angeles	2,497,443	285,802
20	Colusa	2,483,361	2,540,753
21	Sonoma	2,449,036	1,166,058
22	Glenn	2,208,872	2,090,732
23	Mendocino	1,800,289	217,729
24	Solano	1,479,617	1,114,858
25	Siskiyou	1,452,026	327,536
26	San Diego	1,426,356	284,815
27	Santa Cruz	1,331,742	276,914
28	Napa	1,321,838	698,225
29	Tehama	1,035,340	710,822
30	Yuba	916,102	582,515
31	Orange	837,426	199,644
32	Santa Clara	748,292	523,679
33	San Benito	634,101	466,136
34	Contra Costa	574,852	275,807
35	Lake	562,423	201,886
36	Placer	381,379	156,039
37	Alameda	328,981	71,799
38	San Bernardino	317,631	46,470
39	Shasta	262,027	97,597
40	El Dorado	240,745	112,194
41	Lassen	221,144	118,630
42	San Mateo	199,821	13,861
43	Modoc	188,563	268,867
44	Del Norte	140,518	13,925
45	Plumas	115,217	95,788
46	Amador	109,996	48,840
47	Marin	85,901	5,828
48	Nevada	55,975	6,626
49	Calaveras	53,168	22,085
50	Tuolumne	42,997	11,905
51	Humboldt	30,039	24,705
52	San Francisco	27,770	4,859
53	Trinity	27,729	17,722
54	Inyo	7,021	3,324
55	Mariposa	5,703	448
56	Mono	3,281	4,644
57	Sierra	2,437	1,489
58	Alpine	310	10

File: 2023_county_total_pounds_apps_acres.txt. Also on CalPIP. Acres treated are cumulative (a field treated twice is counted twice).

Most used active ingredients (2023)

Statewide ranks use DPR’s published Top 100 chemicals files. Pounds of active ingredient and cumulative acres treated are different rankings. Source: California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Pesticide Use Reporting 2023 (latest published: 2023). These two tables are all application methods. Aerial-only ranks are on the aerial application map. Ground-only ranks are on the ground application map and below.

Herbicide / insecticide / fungicide / other come only from the 2023 annual-report top-5-by-type tables. CHEMICAL.txt has no type field. Chemicals not in those tables are Unclassified — types are not guessed. Fumigant is applied when the chemical is on DPR’s official fumigants list.

Ranked by pounds of active ingredient

Top chemicals by pounds, 2023
Rank	Active ingredient	Pounds AI	Acres treated	Applications	DPR type	DPR concern flags
1	Sulfur	39.75 million	4.76 million	121,285	Unclassified	—
2	Mineral Oil	28.15 million	4.67 million	140,333	Unclassified	—
3	Potassium N-Methyldithiocarbamate	8.63 million	44,045	1,144	Fumigant	Carcinogens · Toxic air contaminants · Fumigants
4	Chloropicrin	8.52 million	46,532	2,264	Fumigant	Toxic air contaminants · Fumigants
5	1,3-Dichloropropene	7.02 million	44,554	2,218	Fumigant	Carcinogens · Toxic air contaminants · Fumigants
6	Glyphosate, Isopropylamine Salt	5.29 million	2.22 million	78,053	Unclassified	Carcinogens
7	Glyphosate, Potassium Salt	5.11 million	2.53 million	71,435	Unclassified	Carcinogens
8	Calcium Hydroxide	4.70 million	257,670	10,482	Unclassified	—
9	Kaolin	3.29 million	91,482	3,497	Unclassified	—
10	Sulfuryl Fluoride	3.07 million	2,327	12	Fumigant	Toxic air contaminants · Fumigants
11	Metam-Sodium	2.80 million	13,237	369	Fumigant	Carcinogens · Reproductive toxins · Toxic air contaminants · Fumigants
12	Propanil	2.49 million	547,178	7,124	Unclassified	—
13	Methylated Soybean Oil	2.49 million	4.80 million	130,189	Unclassified	—
14	Pendimethalin	2.27 million	1.11 million	28,802	Unclassified	—
15	Glufosinate-Ammonium	2.01 million	2.07 million	72,675	Unclassified	—
16	Alpha-(Para-Nonylphenyl)-Omega-Hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene)	1.89 million	8.44 million	190,277	Unclassified	—
17	Copper Sulfate (Pentahydrate)	1.73 million	163,752	3,286	Unclassified	—
18	Methyl Bromide	1.68 million	6,288	322	Fumigant	Reproductive toxins · Toxic air contaminants · Fumigants
19	Copper Hydroxide	1.53 million	849,710	28,681	Unclassified	—
20	Potassium Phosphite	1.31 million	485,579	21,183	Unclassified	—

Ranked by cumulative acres treated

A different order than pounds. Adjuvants that cover many fields can rank high here with fewer pounds. Acres are cumulative.

Top chemicals by acres treated, 2023
Rank	Active ingredient	Pounds AI	Acres treated	Applications	DPR type	DPR concern flags
1	Alpha-(Para-Nonylphenyl)-Omega-Hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene)	1.89 million	8.44 million	190,277	Unclassified	—
2	Dimethylpolysiloxane	198,281	5.18 million	132,365	Unclassified	—
3	Methylated Soybean Oil	2.49 million	4.80 million	130,189	Unclassified	—
4	Sulfur	39.75 million	4.76 million	121,285	Unclassified	—
5	Mineral Oil	28.15 million	4.67 million	140,333	Unclassified	—
6	Lecithin	780,757	3.10 million	85,943	Unclassified	—
7	Lambda-Cyhalothrin	126,803	2.85 million	76,128	Unclassified	—
8	Tall Oil Fatty Acids	365,451	2.80 million	61,114	Unclassified	—
9	Alpha-Undecyl-Omega-Hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene)	589,189	2.70 million	79,483	Unclassified	—
10	Ammonium Sulfate	1.10 million	2.61 million	71,756	Unclassified	—
11	Glyphosate, Potassium Salt	5.11 million	2.53 million	71,435	Unclassified	Carcinogens
12	Citric Acid	192,691	2.37 million	68,249	Unclassified	—
13	Glyphosate, Isopropylamine Salt	5.29 million	2.22 million	78,053	Unclassified	Carcinogens
14	Chlorantraniliprole	170,364	2.22 million	45,940	Unclassified	—
15	N,n-Bis-(2-Omega-Hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene)ethyl)alkylamine, Alkyl Derived From Tallow Fatty Acids	157,031	2.21 million	67,689	Unclassified	—
16	Glufosinate-Ammonium	2.01 million	2.07 million	72,675	Unclassified	—
17	Abamectin	36,401	2.07 million	61,658	Unclassified	Reproductive toxins
18	Methoxyfenozide	594,707	1.97 million	36,489	Unclassified	—
19	Oxyfluorfen	787,142	1.92 million	59,423	Unclassified	—
20	Alpha-Alkyl (C9-C11)-Omega-Hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene)	241,919	1.84 million	53,735	Unclassified	—

Official top 5 by DPR type (2023)

Herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, fumigant, and other are DPR’s own annual-report type tables — top 5 only. Names are sometimes grouped (Glyphosate, Copper, Oil). CHEMICAL.txt in the PUR archive has no type field, so chemicals outside these tables stay Unclassified.