Table 3 Cotton insect eradication costs Cotton Insect Losses 2003

State Number Acres Cost/ treated Acre Wt cost/all acres Total Cost
North Alabama
231,000 $5.00 $5.00 $1,155,000
South Alabama
259,000 $5.00 $5.00 $1,295,000
Central Alabama
80,000 $5.00 $5.00 $400,000
 Arizona - nonBt Cotton
53,750 $1.78 $1.78 $95,675
 Arizona - Bt Cotton
152,500 $1.78 $1.78 $271,450
 Southeast Arkansas
450,000 $35.00 $35.00 $15,750,000
 Northeast Arkansas
500,000 $18.00 $18.00 $9,000,000
 California
0 $0.00 $0.00 $0
 Florida
110,000 $6.00 $6.00 $660,000
 Georgia - Bt cotton
900,000 $3.75 $3.75 $3,375,000
 Georgia - nonBt cotton
390,000 $3.75 $3.75 $1,462,500
 Kansas
0 $0.00 $0.00 $0
 Louisiana -Bt cotton
436,800 $10.00 $10.00 $4,368,000
 Louisiana -nonBt cotton
83,200 $10.00 $10.00 $832,000
 Mississippi - Hills
400,000 $12.00 $12.00 $4,800,000
 Mississippi - Delta
700,000 $14.25 $14.25 $9,975,000
 Missouri
403,214 $12.50 $12.50 $5,040,175
 New Mexico
48,172 $18.00 $18.00 $867,096
 North Carolina- nonBt cotton
215,000 $3.75 $3.75 $806,250
 North Carolina - Bt Cotton
575,000 $3.75 $3.75 $2,156,250
 Oklahoma
166,000 $13.80 $13.80 $2,290,800
 South Carolina -Bt Cotton
156,000 $4.00 $4.00 $624,000
 South Carolina -nonBt Cotton
61,000 $4.00 $4.00 $244,000
 Tennessee - Bt cotton
462,400 $21.33 $21.33 $9,862,992
 Tennessee - nonBt cotton
81,600 $21.33 $21.33 $1,740,528
 Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley
0 $0.00 $0.00 $0
 Texas Northern Blacklands
0 $0.00 $0.00 $0
 Texas High Plains
2,229,910 $8.00 $7.93 $17,839,280
 Texas Southern Blacklands
98,000 $19.50 $19.50 $1,911,000
 Texas Far West
360,000 $10.83 $8.04 $3,898,800
 Texas Northern Rolling Planins
360,000 $10.30 $10.30 $3,708,000
 Texas Southern Rolling Plains
653,000 $9.50 $9.50 $6,203,500
 Texas Lower Coastal Bend
446,684 $23.14 $23.14 $10,336,268
 Texas Upper Coastal Bend
182,988 $20.20 $20.20 $3,696,358
 Virginia
84,000 $4.35 $4.35 $365,400
Total US -       Boll Weevil 11,329,218 $9.96 $8.98 $112,810,363
California  Pink Bollworm 691,930 $4.92 $4.92 $3,404,296
New Mexico Pink Bollworm 15,039 $10.00 $0.01 $150,390
West Texas Pink Bollworm 60,000 $20.00 $0.10 $1,200,000
Total US - Pink Bollworm  766,969 $6.20 $0.38 $4,754,686
Total US  - Insect Eradication 12,096,187 $9.72 $9.36 $117,565,049