Cotton insect monitoring costs

Acres

Times per week

wt Avg Cost

Cost per

Total

State

Scouted

Scouted

over all acres

scouted acre

Cost

Alabama, South

140,000

1.10

$2.58

$7.00

$980,000

Alabama, Central

50,000

1.00

$4.06

$6.50

$325,000

Alabama, North

270,000

1.30

$7.72

$5.35

$1,444,500

Arizona, BT

138,180

1.80

$8.19

$8.36

$1,155,185

Arizona, nonBt

92,120

1.90

$8.19

$8.36

$770,123

Arkansas, Southeast

340,000

2.00

$7.23

$8.50

$2,890,000

Arkansas, Northeast

450,000

1.00

$6.75

$7.50

$3,375,000

California

600,000

1.20

$8.26

$9.00

$5,400,000

Florida

99,200

1.20

$7.65

$9.25

$917,600

Georgia, Bt

400,000

1.20

$4.18

$7.00

$2,800,000

Georgia, non-Bt

600,000

1.70

$6.16

$7.50

$4,500,000

Kansas. South Central

22,000

1.00

$4.40

$6.00

$132,000

Kansas, Southwest

22,000

1.00

$4.40

$6.00

$132,000

Louisiana, non-Bt

93,923

1.80

$7.16

$8.63

$810,555

Louisiana, Bt

329,591

1.80

$7.51

$8.63

$2,844,370

Mississippi, Hills

270,000

1.50

$4.97

$7.00

$1,890,000

Mississippi, Delta

750,000

1.20

$7.97

$8.50

$6,375,000

Missouri

327,250

1.50

$5.10

$6.00

$1,963,500

New Mexico

24,000

1.00

$2.81

$9.00

$216,000

North Carolina, Bt

480,000

0.70

$5.58

$7.50

$3,600,000

North Carolina, non-Bt

245,000

1.20

$5.84

$7.50

$1,950,000

Oklahoma

95,000

1.00

$2.71

$5.00

$475,000

South Carolina, Bt

165,000

1.00

$8.84

$7.50

$1,237,500

South Carolina, non-Bt

85,000

1.00

$10.63

$7.50

$637,500

Tennessee, non-Bt

70,430

1.20

$5.00

$6.85

$482,446

Tennessee, Bt

294,500

1.20

$4.59

$6.85

$2,017,325

Texas, Lower Rio Grande valley

180,000

0.50

$4.03

$5.00

$900,000

Texas, Southern Blackland

25,000

1.30

$2.12

$5.25

$131,250

Texas, Northern Blacklands

40,000

1.00

$2.86

$4.50

$180,000

Texas, High Plains

707,500

1.20

$1.25

$5.00

$3,537,500

Texas, Southern Rolling Plains

66,000

1.00

$0.63

$6.00

$396,000

Texas, Far West

50,000

1.30

$0.75

$6.00

$300,000

Texas, Northern Rolling Plains

35,000

1.00

$0.33

$4.50

$157,500

Texas, Upper Coastal Bend

148,800

1.20

$6.28

$6.85

$1,796,080

Texas, lower Coastal Bend

333,762

1.00

$4.88

$6.10

$2,035,948

Virginia

7,000

1.50

$0.58

$8.50

$59,500

Total US

7,946,256

1.27

$4.33

$7.22

$58,814,383