South Alabama

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

250,000

75,000

0.750

$15.00

$11.25

15.00

78,125

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

200,000

5,000

0.020

$6.50

$0.13

0.80

4,167

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

250,000

5,000

0.020

$5.00

$0.10

1.00

5,208

Beet Armyworm

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

50,000

10,000

0.040

$10.00

$0.40

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

250,000

50,000

0.240

$6.50

$1.56

5.00

26,042

Grasshoppers

10,000

3,000

0.012

$9.00

$0.11

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

250,000

10,000

0.040

$10.00

$0.40

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

15,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

50,000

2,000

0.008

$7.00

$0.06

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

5,000

8,000

0.032

$4.00

$0.13

0.00

0

Percent Lost

21.80

Est. yield/acre

380

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$14.13

Total Acres

250,000

Spray applications

1.162

At planting

$9.60

Bt use fees

$13.00

Cost + loss

$44,113,000

Eradication

$5.00

Total Bales lost

113,542

Scouting

$3.92

Bales lost in dollars

$32,700,000

Cost + loss/acre

$176.45

Total

$45.65