Texas, High Plains

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

247,067

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

1,793,000

750,000

0.318

$9.00

$2.86

0.57

30,257

Pink Bollworm

3,500

675

0.001

$10.50

$0.01

0.00

7

Cotton Fleahopper

900,000

9,000

0.003

$5.50

$0.02

0.03

1,688

Lygus

775,000

30,000

0.013

$9.75

$0.12

0.03

1,453

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

15,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

2,830,000

150,000

0.058

$5.50

$0.32

0.60

31,838

Beet Armyworm

780,000

200,000

0.085

$12.75

$1.08

0.08

4,388

Fall Armyworm

475,000

75,000

0.027

$12.75

$0.34

0.02

891

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

950,000

175,000

0.080

$9.75

$0.78

0.03

1,781

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

1,850,000

160,000

0.057

$9.00

$0.51

0.07

3,469

Banded Winged Whitefly

450,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Percent Lost

1.43

Est. yield/acre

545

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$6.04

Total Acres

2,830,000

Spray applications

0.641

At planting

$1.94

Bt use fees

$0.96

Cost + loss

$69,484,640

Eradication

$6.64

Total Bales lost

75,770

Scouting

$1.25

Bales lost in dollars

$21,821,670

Cost + loss/acre

$24.55

Total

$16.84