Corn and Soybean Neonicotinoid-treated Seed data

The data, which includes corn and soybean seeds treated with neonicotinoids (treated seed) and not treated with neonicotinoids (untreated seed) was previously required to be submitted by licensed treated seed vendors, and a summary of this data was reported by the ministry. Seed sale summary data is for annual seed sales from 2015-2018 (September 01 - August 31). The data includes:

  • total mass, in tonnes, of treated seed sold or transferred, or that was treated by a custom seed treater, that contained imidacloprid, clothianidin or thiamthoxam
  • total number of acres that could have been planted with this amount of treated seed
  • total mass, in tonnes, of untreated corn and soybean seed sold or transferred

Further information

This dataset is related to the following:

  1. Stream Neonicotinoid Monitoring Study
  2. Soil Neonicotinoid Monitoring Study
  3. Pollen Monitoring Network Study
  4. Benthic Invertebrate Neonicotinoid Monitoring Study
  5. Drinking Water Neonicotinoid Monitoring Study
  6. Bumble Bee Diversity and Abundance Survey
Ministry contact: Environment, Conservation and Parks

Additional information

Tags
Geographic coverage
Ontario
Last Validated Date
February 2, 2018
Update frequency
Historical

Corn and Soybean Neonicotinoid-treated Seed data

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Date range: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018

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