Southeast Arkansas

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

400,000

400,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

400,000

400,000

4.000

$11.50

$46.00

3.00

23,750

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

200,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.03

198

Lygus

400,000

350,000

1.750

$7.50

$13.13

1.00

7,917

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

100,000

50,000

0.188

$12.00

$2.25

0.03

198

Thrips

400,000

350,000

1.313

$6.00

$7.88

0.15

1,188

Beet Armyworm

100,000

25,000

0.063

$15.00

$0.94

0.01

99

Fall Armyworm

250,000

100,000

0.250

$12.00

$3.00

0.06

495

European Cornborer

25,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

400,000

200,000

0.500

$8.00

$4.00

0.50

3,958

Grasshoppers

100,000

25,000

0.063

$6.00

$0.38

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

150,000

25,000

0.063

$7.00

$0.44

0.00

0

Aphids

350,000

100,000

0.250

$9.00

$2.25

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

200,000

10,000

0.025

$9.00

$0.23

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

275,000

20,000

0.000

N/A

$0.05

0.03

272

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

100,000

100,000

0.250

$5.00

$1.25

0.00

0

Percent Lost

4.81

Est. yield/acre

755

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$81.78

Total Acres

400,000

Spray applications

8.713

At planting

$10.50

Bt use fees

$18.20

Cost + loss

$72,045,375

Eradication

$35.00

Total Bales lost

38,074

Scouting

$7.23

Bales lost in dollars

$10,965,375

Cost + loss/acre

$180.11

Total

$152.70