Table 24. Virginia Summary
Pest acres infested acres treated # insect appls Cost of 1 applic cost/ acre %red Bales lost
Boll weevil 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Bollworm/budworm 101,000 101,000 1.569 $8.00 $12.55 0.00 0
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Fleahopper 0 0 0.000 N/A 0.00 0.00 0
Lygus 50,000 1,000 0.010 $8.00 $0.08 0.25 481
Cotton Leafperforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 1,000 600 0.006 $12.00 $0.07 0.00 0
Thrips, early season 103,000 103,000 1.200 $5.50 $6.60 0.82 1,586
Beet Armyworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Fall Armyworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
European Corn Borer 200 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Stink Bugs 5,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Grasshoppers 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Salt-marsh Caterpillars 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Aphids 50,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Bandedwinged Whitefly 10,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Silverleaf Whitefly 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Soybean Loopers 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cabbage Loopers 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Western Flower Thrips 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cutworms 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
        
Percent Lost 1.07         Est. yield/acre 900           Cost/ Acre
      Foliar insecticide $19.30
Total Acres 103,000 Spray applications 2.784 At planting $12.00
        Bt use fees $6.00
Cost + loss $5,003,776 Eradication $3.85
Total Bales lost 2,067    Scouting $1.65
Bales lost in dollars $595,426 Cost + loss/acre $48.58 Total $42.80