Actually in many suburban and exurban places, more chemicals are used in lawns than in farms. On farms they have to watch their costs since they have very tight

Actually in many suburban and exurban places, more chemicals are used in lawns than in farms. On farms they have to watch their costs since they have very tight margins. A person spraying their yard every so often may get 2x or 3x what they need, just to be "safe" and then go ahead and spray any left overs until it is all gone, because why not. Same goes with fertilizer. This isn't to say that farms don't have this problem, they definitely do.