PEAP has participated in a USDA national initiative to provide comprehensive, accurate data on historical pesticide use. These compilations of data, termed crop profiles, provide the complete production story for a commodity.
USDA and EPA use crop profiles and other usage information sources to help devise sound regulations and policies to ensure the US continues to have an abundant supply of food crops and other commodities while minimizing any potential pesticide-related risks.
The below Maryland crop profiles may be viewed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader (download a free version of Acrobat Reader).
- Tomato
Welsch, A., A. Fournier, and A. E. Brown (Eds.) 1999. Crop profile for tomatoes in Maryland. USDA/OPMP Crop Profiles Database. 22pp.
http://pesticide.umd.edu/ppia/crop_profiles/tomato.pdf.
- Sweet Corn
Fournier, A. and A. E. Brown (Eds.) 1999. Crop profile for sweet corn in Maryland. USDA/OPMP Crop Profiles Database. 46 pp.
http://pesticide.umd.edu/ppia/crop_profiles/sweetcorn.pdf.
- Squash
Fournier, A. and A. E. Brown (Eds.) 1999. Crop profile for squash in Maryland. USDA/OPMP Crop Profiles Database. 34 pp.
http://pesticide.umd.edu/ppia/crop_profiles/squash.pdf
- Watermelon
Fournier, A. and A. E. Brown (Eds.). 2000. Crop profile for watermelons in Maryland. USDA/OPMP Crop Profiles Database. 9 pp. http://pesticide.umd.edu/ppia/crop_profiles/watermelon.pdf
- Cucumbers-fresh market
Fournier, A. and A. E. Brown (Eds.). 2000. Crop profile for fresh market cucumbers in Maryland. USDA/OPMP Crop Profiles Database. 24 pp. http://pesticide.umd.edu/ppia/crop_profiles/cucfresh.pdf
- Cucumbers-pickling
Fournier, A. and A. E. Brown (Eds.). 2000. Crop profile for pickling cucumbers in Maryland. USDA/OPMP Crop Profiles Database. 21 pp. http://pesticide.umd.edu/ppia/crop_profiles/pickle.pdf
- Peas
Fournier, A. and A. E. Brown (Eds.). 2000. Crop profile for peas in Maryland. USDA/OPMP Crop Profiles Database. 19 pp.
http://pesticide.umd.edu/ppia/crop_profiles/pea.pdf.
- Potatoes
Rasmussen, H., M. Marcelli, and A. E. Brown (Eds.). 2002. Crop profile for potatoes in Maryland. USDA/OPMP Crop Profiles Database. 23 pp.
http://pesticide.umd.edu/ppia/crop_profiles/potato.pdf
- Muskmelons
Rasmussen, H., M. Marcelli, and A. E. Brown (Eds.). 2002. Crop profile for muskmelons in Maryland. USDA/OPMP Crop Profiles Database. 26 pp. http://pesticide.umd.edu/ppia/crop_profiles/muskmelon.pdf
Crop profiles developed by other states are available from USDA's National Information System of the Regional IPM Centers .
