Table 5 Application type and costs Cotton Insect Losses 2003
% Acres Acres  Cost/ Total cost  % Acres Acres Cost/ Total cost 
treated by  treated by Acre by  application treated by  treated by Acre by  application
State air air air air ground ground ground ground
 Alabama, North 55 127,050 $3.20 $406,560 90 207,900 $3.25 $675,675
 Alabama, South 25 64,750 $3.75 $242,813 75 194,250 $2.50 $485,625
 Alabama, Central 20 16,000 $3.75 $60,000 70 56,000 $2.50 $140,000
 Arizona, nonBT 96 51,600 $5.02 $259,032 13 6,988 $6.75 $47,166
 Arizona, Bt 94 143,350 $5.02 $719,617 14 21,350 $6.75 $144,113
 Arkansas, Southeast 90 405,000 $4.00 $1,620,000 75 337,500 $3.00 $1,012,500
 Arkansas, Northeast 90 450,000 $4.00 $1,800,000 80 400,000 $3.00 $1,200,000
 California 65 449,755 $12.00 $5,397,054 85 588,141 $12.00 $7,057,686
 Florida 75 82,500 $4.75 $391,875 50 55,000 $5.50 $302,500
 Georgia, Bt 55 495,000 $3.50 $1,732,500 75 675,000 $3.00 $2,025,000
 Georgia, non-Bt 55 214,500 $3.50 $750,750 75 292,500 $3.00 $877,500
 Kansas 10 12,500 $19.00 $237,500 90 112,500 $16.00 $1,800,000
 Louisiana, Bt 90 393,120 $3.63 $1,427,026 55 240,240 $3.00 $720,720
 Louisiana - nonBt 90 74,880 $3.63 $271,814 55 45,760 $3.00 $137,280
 Mississippi, Hills 30 120,000 $3.50 $420,000 70 280,000 $3.15 $882,000
 Mississippi, Delta 70 490,000 $3.50 $1,715,000 30 210,000 $3.00 $630,000
 Missouri 47 188,624 $4.50 $848,806 84 338,700 $3.20 $1,083,839
 New Mexico 94 45,282 $14.00 $633,944 4 1,927 $7.00 $13,488
 North Carolina, nonBt 30 64,500 $5.00 $322,500 90 193,500 $2.50 $483,750
 North Carolina, Bt 15 86,250 $5.00 $431,250 85 488,750 $2.50 $1,221,875
 Oklahoma 80 132,800 $4.00 $531,200 45 74,700 $3.00 $224,100
 South Carolina, Bt 15 23,400 $5.00 $117,000 90 140,400 $4.00 $561,600
 South Carolina, non-Bt 15 9,150 $5.00 $45,750 90 54,900 $4.00 $219,600
 Tennessee, Bt 25 115,600 $3.50 $404,600 85 393,040 $3.25 $1,277,380
 Tennessee, nonBt 25 20,400 $3.50 $71,400 85 69,360 $3.25 $225,420
 Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley 75 150,214 $3.00 $450,641 100 200,285 $2.50 $500,713
 Texas Northern Blacklands 18 11,700 $3.50 $40,950 82 53,300 $3.00 $159,900
 Texas High Plains 9 202,492 $4.20 $850,466 3 67,497 $3.85 $259,865
 Texas Southern Blacklands 85 83,300 $3.25 $270,725 72 70,560 $2.50 $176,400
 Texas Far West 84 409,340 $4.42 $1,809,283 23 111,550 $2.51 $279,991
 Texas Northern Rolling Planins 2 7,200 $3.50 $25,200 10 36,000 $3.50 $126,000
 Texas Southern Rolling Plains 3 19,590 $4.00 $78,360 15 97,950 $4.00 $391,800
 Texas Lower Coastal Bend 28 125,072 $3.50 $437,750 72 321,612 $2.50 $804,031
 Texas Upper Coastal Bend 30 54,896 $3.60 $197,627 70 128,092 $2.50 $320,229
 Virginia 7 5,880 $6.50 $38,220 93 78,120 $4.50 $351,540
Total US 43 5,349,040 $2.00 $10,719,003 53 6,663,459 $2.14 $14,259,802