Mississippi Delta

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

380,000

270,000

0.799

$9.00

$7.19

2.50

23,750

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

7,000

900

0.002

$6.80

0.02

0.00

18

Lygus

280,000

200,000

1.105

$7.20

$7.96

1.11

10,500

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

50,000

6,000

0.032

$13.90

$0.44

0.07

625

Thrips

380,000

140,000

0.368

$4.60

$1.69

0.24

2,280

Beet Armyworm

5,000

500

0.001

$8.00

$0.01

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

90,000

5,300

0.014

$8.60

$0.12

0.11

1,013

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

130,000

45,000

0.118

$7.20

$0.85

0.26

2,438

Grasshoppers

100,000

10,000

0.026

$8.00

$0.21

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

300,000

50,000

0.132

$7.90

$1.04

0.16

1,500

Banded Winged Whitefly

30,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

130,000

43,000

0.113

$9.50

$1.08

0.07

650

Southern Armyworms

50,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

120,000

90,000

0.237

$1.65

$0.39

0.05

450

Percent Lost

4.55

Est. yield/acre

700

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$21.00

Total Acres

380,000

Spray applications

2.949

At planting

$5.75

Bt use fees

$19.50

Cost + loss

$36,473,330

Eradication

$12.00

Total Bales lost

43,223

Scouting

$4.97

Bales lost in dollars

$12,448,080

Cost + loss/acre

$95.98

Total

$63.22