Cotton Insect Monitoring Costs

Acres Scouted

Times per week

wt Avg Cost

Cost/scouted acre

Total Cost

State

Scouted

over all acres

Alabama, Central

60000

1.500

$4.50

$6.00

$360,000

Alabama, North

170200

1.300

$3.50

$3.80

$646,760

Alabama, South

142500

1.500

$4.88

$6.50

$926,250

Arizona

245000

1.950

$8.72

$8.90

$2,180,500

Arkansas, Northeast

441180

1.000

$5.16

$6.00

$2,647,080

Arkansas, Southeast

321480

1.700

$6.11

$6.50

$2,089,620

California, Imperial Valley

7800

2.000

$10.00

$10.00

$78,000

California, Sacramento Valley

11000

1.500

$10.00

$10.00

$110,000

California, San Joaquin Valley

808000

1.500

$10.00

$10.00

$8,080,000

Florida

60000

1.500

$6.56

$8.75

$525,000

Georgia

1053000

1.700

$5.87

$7.25

$7,634,250

Louisiana

459000

1.710

$6.39

$7.52

$3,451,680

Mississippi Delta

537005

1.600

$6.29

$6.62

$3,554,970

Mississippi Hills

273945

1.600

$4.73

$6.30

$1,725,854

Missouri

276500

1.300

$4.11

$5.20

$1,437,800

New Mexico

22800

1.000

$2.85

$7.50

$171,000

North Carolina

630000

1.000

$4.50

$5.00

$3,150,000

Oklahoma

85200

1.500

$3.73

$5.25

$447,300

South Carolina

254800

1.200

$6.37

$7.00

$1,783,600

Tennessee

337500

1.000

$4.50

$6.00

$2,025,000

Texas, Coastal Bend

323342

1.000

$4.56

$6.00

$1,940,052

TEXAS, Far West

36551

1.200

$5.50

$1.27

$46,420

Texas, High Plains

798000

1.200

$1.95

$4.65

$3,710,700

Texas, Lower Rio Grande

189200

1.000

$4.40

$5.00

$946,000

TEXAS, North Central

192000

1.000

$3.60

$4.50

$864,000

Texas, North Rolling Plains

50400

1.500

$1.51

$5.40

$272,160

Texas, Southern Blacklands

99400

1.000

$2.84

$4.00

$397,600

TEXAS, South Rolling Plains

32300

1.000

$0.99

$5.20

$167,960

Virginia

36400

1.500

$3.40

$8.50

$309,400

Total US

7954503

1.377

$4.84

$6.52

$51,678,956