Table 14                                                                                                                       Kansas                                                                                       Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

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

15,000

6,000

0.060

$10.00

$0.60

0.30

500

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

65,000

20,000

0.200

$6.50

1.30

1.95

3250

Lygus

2,000

2,000

0.020

$6.50

$0.13

0.02

33

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

40,000

15,000

0.150

$6.00

$0.90

0.80

1333

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

3.07

 

Est. yield/acre

700

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$2.93

Total Acres

100,000

 

Spray applications

0.430

 

At planting

$0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$1,767,670

 

Eradication

$0.00

Total Bales lost

5,117

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$0.01

Bales lost in dollars

$1,473,600

 

Cost + loss/acre

$17.68

 

Total

$2.94