Table 7. Summary of All States
Pest acres infested acres treated # insect appls Cost of 1 applic cost/ acre %red Bales lost
Boll weevil 7,725,662 5,504,485 1.148 $7.28 $8.35 2.200 580081
Bollworm/budworm 10,733,132 4,345,261 0.542 $10.50 $5.69 1.045 275550
Pink Bollworm 269,150 63,822 0.011 $11.05 $0.12 0.037 9661
Cotton Fleahopper 5,917,479 1,596,969 0.152 $5.02 $0.76 2.358 621974
Lygus 6,890,961 2,989,275 0.340 $7.95 $2.71 0.933 245973
Cotton Leafperforator 734,688 57,713 0.002 $15.90 $0.04 0.000 0
Spider Mites 3,889,009 1,369,383 0.116 $23.19 $2.69 0.117 30870
Thrips, early season 11,225,335 2,697,037 0.238 $4.55 $1.08 0.272 71795
Beet Armyworm 2,458,898 224,447 0.028 $20.90 $0.59 0.052 13693
Fall Armyworm 447,615 50,200 0.004 $11.27 $0.04 0.005 1413
European Corn Borer 115,725 3,800 0.000 $7.16 $0.00 0.000 64
Stink Bugs 3,356,605 1,102,075 0.112 $7.27 $0.81 0.369 97216
Grasshoppers 185,589 37,200 0.003 $5.97 $0.02 0.006 1587
Salt-marsh Caterpillars 596,953 12,600 0.001 $8.02 $0.01 0.000 8
Aphids 10,239,307 2,195,607 0.177 $8.33 $1.48 0.217 57134
Bandedwinged Whitefly 1,883,458 275,665 0.021 $8.90 $0.18 0.009 2254
Silverleaf Whitefly 464,015 109,250 0.009 $27.51 $0.23 0.020 5371
Soybean Loopers 942,276 164,955 0.010 $12.80 $0.13 0.007 1954
Cabbage Loopers 943,067 15,900 0.001 $7.70 $0.01 0.000 5
Western Flower Thrips 2,303,444 100 0.000 $4.50 $0.00 0.000 1
Cutworms 844,552 393,603 0.025 $5.25 $0.13 0.009 2342
               
Percent Lost 7.66   Est. yield/acre 600     Cost/ Acre
            Foliar insecticide $25.07
Total Acres 13,601,364   Spray applications 2.939   At planting $6.09
            Bt use fees $8.29
      Cost + loss $1,269,510,411   Eradication $6.55
Total Bales lost 2,018,946         Scouting $4.59
Bales lost in dollars $581,456,519   Cost + loss/acre $93.34   Total $50.59