Table 7. Summary of All States
Pest acres infested acres treated # insect appls Cost of 1 applic cost/ acre %red Bales lost
Boll weevil 2692770 1191321 0.144 $7.24 $1.04 0.097 28864
Bollworm/budworm 9,414,800 5,160,144 0.580 $9.70 $5.63 1.228 364446
Pink Bollworm 326,610 88,200 0.014 $14.66 $0.20 0.039 11494
Cotton Fleahopper 6,059,642 1,442,834 0.132 $5.73 0.76 0.126 37465
Lygus 8,111,090 4,276,916 0.624 $8.45 $5.27 0.982 291224
Cotton Leafperforator 153,450 9,000 0.001 $12.00 $0.01 0.000 31
Spider Mites 2,210,135 748,359 0.047 $22.37 $1.06 0.027 8029
Thrips, early season 13,755,469 2,816,802 0.197 $5.09 $1.00 0.795 235966
Beet Armyworm 3,271,953 301,938 0.019 $15.19 $0.29 0.031 9116
Fall Armyworm 642,624 61,587 0.002 $11.34 $0.02 0.022 6420
European Corn Borer 28,755 500 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 2
Stink Bugs 6,180,966 2,733,955 0.272 $7.77 $2.11 0.768 227921
Grasshoppers 1,516,854 208,553 0.015 $8.26 $0.12 0.026 7633
Salt-marsh Caterpillars 2,030,034 405,945 0.026 $8.52 $0.22 0.013 3838
Aphids 8,590,542 1,465,025 0.099 $10.94 $1.09 0.275 81649
Bandedwinged Whitefly 3,766,565 90,484 0.006 $10.85 $0.07 0.002 602
Silverleaf Whitefly 704,110 328,450 0.028 $30.97 $0.88 0.080 23684
Soybean Loopers 830,675 289,961 0.016 $10.49 $0.16 0.008 2313
Cabbage Loopers 1,086,340 122,420 0.008 $18.00 $0.15 0.000 21
Western Flower Thrips 2,543,523 376,149 0.015 $10.38 $0.16 0.006 1730
Cutworms 1,478,908 747,544 0.035 $4.57 $0.16 0.004 1134
        
Percent Lost 4.53         Est. yield/acre 673           Cost/ Acre
      Foliar insecticide $20.41
Total Acres 14,729,163 Spray applications 2.281 At planting $5.62
        Bt use fees $9.69
Cost + loss $1,157,711,069 Eradication $11.79
Total Bales lost 1,343,580    Scouting $4.83
Bales lost in dollars $386,951,091 Cost + loss/acre $78.60 Total $52.33