Louisiana Summary
| Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
| Boll weevil |
468,066 |
429,005 |
2.971 |
$7.96 |
$23.65 |
2.644 |
26,440 |
| Bollworm/budworm |
504,018 |
436,528 |
3.484 |
$11.30 |
$39.37 |
1.540 |
15,402 |
| Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Cotton Fleahopper |
120,753 |
57,352 |
0.038 |
$6.78 |
$0.26 |
0.051 |
514 |
| Lygus |
448,356 |
391,197 |
1.956 |
$7.55 |
$14.77 |
1.470 |
14,698 |
| Cotton Leafperforator |
9,893 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Spider Mites |
120,893 |
30,529 |
0.021 |
$13.72 |
$0.29 |
0.004 |
43 |
| Thrips, early season |
466,872 |
306,432 |
0.448 |
$3.44 |
$1.54 |
0.138 |
1,383 |
| Beet Armyworm |
284,427 |
211,424 |
0.367 |
$15.42 |
$5.66 |
0.237 |
2,371 |
| Fall Armyworm |
144,358 |
30,004 |
0.017 |
$11.39 |
$0.19 |
0.011 |
107 |
| European Corn Borer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Stink Bugs |
65,016 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Grasshoppers |
30,619 |
30,619 |
0.000 |
$7.06 |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Salt-marsh Caterpillars |
13,121 |
164 |
0.000 |
$1.22 |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Aphids |
413,976 |
277,843 |
0.715 |
$10.29 |
$7.36 |
0.215 |
2,147 |
| Bandedwinged Whitefly |
120,938 |
41,518 |
0.038 |
$9.90 |
$0.38 |
0.001 |
9 |
| Sweetpotato Whitefly |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Soybean Loopers |
349,007 |
136,501 |
0.192 |
$10.03 |
$1.93 |
0.058 |
582 |
| Cabbage Loopers |
175,469 |
5,314 |
0.001 |
$5.85 |
$0.01 |
0.008 |
81 |
| Western Flower Thrips |
65,075 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Cutworms |
212,652 |
22,515 |
0.037 |
$5.24 |
$0.19 |
0.004 |
35 |
| |
| Percent Lost |
6.38 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
534 |
|
|
Cost/Acre |
| |
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$95.59 |
| Total Acres |
540,000 |
Spray applications |
10.286 |
At planting |
$6.31 |
| Harvested acres |
534,600 |
|
|
Bt use fees |
$19.69 |
| |
|
Cost + loss |
$90,809,494 |
Eradication |
$3.31 |
| Total Bales lost |
63,813 |
|
|
Scouting |
$6.39 |
| Bales lost in dollars |
$19,909,623 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$168.17 |
Total |
$131.30 |