Table 2 Planting insecticide applications Cotton Insect Lossese 2003
States Acres treated Cost/treated Acre cost weighed over total acres Total Cost
North Alabama 230,000 $12.50 $12.45 $2,875,000
South Alabama 254,000 $11.50 $11.28 $2,921,000
Central Alabama 79,000 $12.50 $12.34 $987,500
 Arizona - nonBt Cotton 5,690 $7.95 $0.84 $45,236
 Arizona - Bt Cotton 25,689 $7.95 $1.34 $204,228
 Southeast Arkansas 427,500 $10.00 $9.50 $4,275,000
 Northeast Arkansas 450,000 $10.00 $9.00 $4,500,000
 California 335,778 $18.00 $8.73 $6,044,004
 Florida 80,000 $8.50 $6.18 $680,000
 Georgia - Bt cotton 750,000 $10.00 $8.33 $7,500,000
 Georgia - nonBt cotton 300,000 $10.00 $7.69 $3,000,000
 Kansas 100,000 $9.00 $7.20 $900,000
 Louisiana -Bt cotton 342,888 $9.36 $7.35 $3,209,432
 Louisiana -nonBt cotton 65,312 $9.37 $7.36 $611,973
 Mississippi - Hills 320,000 $9.70 $7.76 $3,104,000
 Mississippi - Delta 620,000 $10.25 $9.08 $6,355,000
 Missouri 377,529 $8.98 $8.41 $3,390,210
 New Mexico 20,500 $4.50 $1.92 $92,250
 North Carolina- nonBt cotton 204,000 $12.00 $11.39 $2,448,000
 North Carolina - Bt Cotton 546,000 $10.50 $9.97 $5,733,000
 Oklahoma 45,000 $9.00 $2.44 $405,000
 South Carolina -Bt Cotton 150,000 $16.00 $15.38 $2,400,000
 South Carolina -nonBt Cotton 50,000 $16.00 $13.11 $800,000
 Tennessee - Bt cotton 416,460 $9.40 $8.47 $3,914,724
 Tennessee - nonBt cotton 73,440 $9.40 $8.46 $690,336
 Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley 30,000 $8.50 $1.27 $255,000
 Texas Northern Blacklands 94 $7.00 $0.01 $658
 Texas High Plains 610,000 $10.00 $2.71 $6,100,000
 Texas Southern Blacklands 68,000 $7.00 $4.86 $476,000
 Texas Far West 20,000 $5.00 $0.21 $100,000
 Texas Northern Rolling Planins 55,000 $4.75 $0.73 $261,250
 Texas Southern Rolling Plains 54,000 $4.25 $0.35 $229,500
 Texas Lower Coastal Bend 58,000 $10.50 $1.36 $609,000
 Texas Upper Coastal Bend 140,000 $10.50 $8.03 $1,470,000
 Virginia 84,000 $12.00 $12 $1,008,000
Allstates 7,387,880 $6.18 $3.64 $45,657,098