Florida

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

21,000

10,000

0.250

$14.00

$3.50

1.05

2,888

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

900

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

20,000

2,000

0.017

$7.00

$0.12

0.17

458

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

400

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

82,000

18,600

0.155

$7.25

$1.12

0.55

1,503

Beet Armyworm

500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

2,000

100

0.001

$17.00

$0.01

0.01

28

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

84,000

36,000

0.300

$10.50

$3.15

1.40

3,850

Grasshoppers

6,000

600

0.005

$10.75

$0.05

0.02

55

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

120,000

4,500

0.038

$9.50

$0.36

1.50

4,125

Banded Winged Whitefly

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

8,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

2,000

100

0.001

$12.00

$0.01

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

1,000

200

0.002

$8.00

$0.01

0.00

2

Percent Lost

4.69

Est. yield/acre

460

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$8.34

Total Acres

120,000

Spray applications

0.768

At planting

$4.87

Bt use fees

$14.05

Cost + loss

$8,625,330

Eradication

$6.00

Total Bales lost

12,909

Scouting

$7.65

Bales lost in dollars

$3,717,780

Cost + loss/acre

$71.88

Total

$40.90