Mississippi Hills

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

800,000

760,000

2.090

$9.10

$19.02

3.50

87,500

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

1,000

500

0.001

$6.00

0.00

0.00

2

Lygus

800,000

800,000

3.500

$7.00

$24.50

2.80

70,000

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

165,000

64,000

0.080

$12.60

$1.01

0.08

2,063

Thrips

800,000

331,000

0.497

$4.51

$2.24

0.50

12,500

Beet Armyworm

8,700

1,800

0.002

$8.90

$0.02

0.00

3

Fall Armyworm

321,000

42,000

0.053

$8.90

$0.47

0.20

5,016

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

210,000

100,000

0.125

$7.00

$0.88

0.39

9,844

Grasshoppers

90,000

6,000

0.008

$6.00

$0.05

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

50,000

3,000

0.004

$4.00

$0.02

0.00

0

Aphids

200,000

100,000

0.125

$8.50

$1.06

0.13

3,125

Banded Winged Whitefly

12,000

3,000

0.004

$10.00

$0.04

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

240,000

80,000

0.100

$8.80

$0.88

0.05

1,350

Southern Armyworms

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

148,000

160,000

0.200

$1.50

$0.30

0.06

1,388

Percent Lost

7.71

Est. yield/acre

750

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$50.47

Total Acres

800,000

Spray applications

6.787

At planting

$7.69

Bt use fees

$21.13

Cost + loss

$142,925,925

Eradication

$22.00

Total Bales lost

192,789

Scouting

$7.97

Bales lost in dollars

$55,523,133

Cost + loss/acre

$178.66

Total

$109.25