| Table 17. | New Mexico | Cotton insect losses - 1997 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 61000 | 32000 | 0.533 | $9.75 | $5.20 | 0.500 | 726 |
| Boll/budworms | 59000 | 44000 | 0.667 | $13.50 | $9.00 | 5.526 | 8024 |
| Pink Bollworm | 44000 | 12000 | 0.015 | $9.75 | $0.15 | 3.091 | 4488 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 12500 | 1000 | 0.015 | $9.75 | $0.15 | 0.220 | 319 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 39000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.118 | 172 |
| Beet Armyworms | 800 | 100 | 0.002 | $16.50 | $0.03 | 0.012 | 18 |
| Fall Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 15000 | 3000 | 0.045 | $10.50 | $0.48 | 0.682 | 990 |
| Grasshoppers | 12000 | 12000 | 0.076 | $8.50 | $0.64 | 0.018 | 26 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 22000 | 5000 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.500 | 726 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 2000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.003 | 4 |
| Soybean Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost/Acre | |||||||
| foliar insecticide | $15.64 | ||||||
| Percent Lost: | 10.67 | est. Yield per acre: | 714 | at planting | $6.48 | ||
| Total Acres: | 66000 | Bt use fees | $0.93 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 66000 | cost + loss : | $6,675,310 | eradication | $0.99 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 15493 | cost + loss/acre: | $101.14 | Scouting | $3.86 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $4,833,707 | TOTAL | $27.90 | ||||