Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

500000

400000

1.600

$5.00

$8.00

1.000

9,896

Bollworm/Budworm

500,000

450,000

3.600

$15.00

$54.00

7.000

69,271

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

150,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

500,000

250,000

0.500

$7.50

$3.75

1.000

9,896

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Spider Mites

50,000

25,000

0.100

$12.00

$1.20

0.050

495

Thrips

500,000

475,000

1.425

$6.00

$8.55

1.500

14,844

Beet Armyworm

200,000

50,000

0.100

$15.00

$1.50

0.020

198

Fall Armyworm

300,000

150,000

0.300

$12.00

$3.60

0.300

2,969

European Cornborer

25,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

500,000

150,000

0.300

$8.00

$2.40

0.500

4,948

Grasshoppers

30,000

15,000

0.030

$6.00

$0.18

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

250,000

100,000

0.200

$7.00

$1.40

0.000

0

Aphids

400,000

100,000

0.200

$9.00

$1.80

0.000

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

300,000

100,000

0.200

$9.00

$1.80

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Loopers

400,000

30,000

0.000

N/A

$0.06

0.040

396

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

200,000

100,000

0.200

$5.00

$1.00

0.000

0

Percent Lost

11.41

Est. yield/acre

703

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$89.24

Total Acres

500,000

Spray applications

8.755

At planting

$9.60

Bt use fees

$8.80

Cost + loss

$96,213,500

Eradication

$13.00

Total Bales lost

112,911

Scouting

$6.75

Bales lost in dollars

$32,518,500

Cost + loss/acre

$192.43

Total

$127.39