Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

2,221,449

1,219,524

0.204

$6.23

$1.27

0.175

46,536

Bollworm/Budworm

10,511,085

6,615,770

1.149

$10.98

$12.61

2.311

613,102

Pink Bollworm

313,735

104,470

0.020

$14.47

$0.29

0.033

8,800

Cotton Fleahopper

3,951,601

935,054

0.104

$5.13

$0.53

0.109

29,031

Lygus

7,024,825

3,294,405

0.506

$7.93

$4.01

0.719

190,869

Cotton Leaf Perforator

221,081

2,470

0.000

$11.13

$0.00

0.000

9

Spider Mites

2,071,859

777,171

0.068

$22.04

$1.50

0.027

7,256

Thrips

12,659,849

4,497,253

0.407

$6.06

$2.47

0.447

118,484

Beet Armyworm

3,049,492

659,971

0.051

$12.49

$0.64

0.039

10,469

Fall Armyworm

2,306,786

472,698

0.035

$11.55

$0.40

0.046

12,200

European Cornborer

99,964

125

0.000

$9.15

$0.00

0.001

162

Stink Bugs

5,604,138

2,090,710

0.164

$7.79

$1.27

0.446

118,346

Grasshoppers

2,606,268

413,335

0.043

$8.44

$0.36

0.025

6,721

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

1,201,700

157,516

0.012

$9.32

$0.12

0.002

549

Aphids

9,307,757

2,090,846

0.180

$10.60

$1.90

0.119

31,450

Banded Winged Whitefly

1,888,875

149,639

0.011

$9.40

$0.11

0.001

356

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

1,029,510

546,433

0.071

$30.94

$2.19

0.087

23,169

Loopers

2,198,629

390,184

0.029

$10.15

$0.30

0.010

2,695

Southern Armyworms

154,000

5,100

0.000

$7.69

$0.00

0.000

25

Other Insects

458,345

9,970

0.001

$15.08

$0.01

0.001

330

Cutworms

1,180,341

1,114,351

0.084

$3.27

$0.28

0.009

2,336

Percent Lost

4.61

Est. yield/acre

627

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$30.26

Total Acres

13,239,289

Spray applications

3.139

At planting

$5.65

Bt use fees

$8.85

Cost + loss

$1,140,045,310

Eradication

$10.41

Total Bales lost

1,222,896

Scouting

$4.33

Bales lost in dollars

$352,194,184

Cost + loss/acre

$86.11

Total

$59.51