| Table 16. | NEW MEXICO | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 57000 | 9450 | 0.192 | $6.50 | $1.25 | 0.616 | 1076 |
| Boll/ budworms |
49500 | 12375 | 0.334 | $11.00 | $3.68 | 6.020 | 10516 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 12500 | 3125 | 0.042 | $11.00 | $0.46 | 0.169 | 295 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Pink Bollworms | 42050 | 19400 | 0.786 | $11.00 | $8.65 | 4.546 | 7940 |
| Spider Mites | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 39600 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1.070 | 1869 |
| Beet Armyworms | 1600 | 500 | 0.010 | $20.50 | $0.21 | 0.032 | 57 |
| Fall Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 6600 | 434 | 0.006 | $10.00 | $0.06 | 0.009 | 16 |
| Grasshoppers | 11485 | 1000 | 0.014 | $10.00 | $0.14 | 0.016 | 27 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 19400 | 5820 | 0.079 | $11.00 | $0.87 | 0.393 | 687 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 600 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 12.87 | est. Yield per acre: | 773 | Foliar insecticide | $15.31 | ||
| Total Acres: | 74000 | At planting insecticides | $0.60 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 72000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $8,745, 992 | Bt use license fees | $0.19 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 22483 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $118.19 | eradication | $0.00 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $7,554,345 | TOTAL | $16.10 | ||||