Table 5                                                                                         Insecticide Applications: Type and Cost                                                             Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

 

% 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

135,651

$3.35

$454,432

90

221,975

$3.40

$754,715

 Alabama, South

10

8,000

$4.00

$32,000

70

56,000

$2.50

$140,000

 Alabama, Central

15

39,000

$4.00

$156,000

80

208,000

$2.50

$520,000

 Arizona, BT

94

178,976

$5.02

$898,460

14

6,664

$6.89

$45,915

 Arizona, nonBt

96

45,696

$5.02

$229,394

13

24,752

$6.44

$159,403

 Arkansas, Southeast

90

334,800

$4.00

$1,339,200

80

297,600

$3.00

$892,800

 Arkansas, Northeast

90

502,200

$4.00

$2,008,800

90

502,200

$3.00

$1,506,600

 California

100

738,560

$6.00

$4,431,360

100

738,560

$7.50

$5,539,200

 Florida

50

47,000

$4.65

$218,550

80

75,200

$5.00

$376,000

 Georgia, Bt

40

408,000

$3.75

$1,530,000

80

816,000

$3.00

$2,448,000

 Georgia, non-Bt

40

96,000

$3.75

$360,000

80

192,000

$3.00

$576,000

 Kansas

15

15,000

$4.50

$67,500

3

3,000

$3.50

$10,500

 Louisiana, Bt

99

455,897

$3.25

$1,481,666

90

415,501

$3.19

$1,325,449

 Louisiana - nonBt

93

32,317

$3.25

$105,029

90

31,274

$3.19

$99,764

 Mississippi, Hills Bt

35

91,000

$3.50

$318,500

65

453,375

$2.50

$1,133,438

Mississippi, Hills nonBt

35

22,750

$3.50

$79,625

65

453,375

$2.50

$1,133,438

Mississippi, Delta Bt

65

453,375

$3.50

$1,586,813

35

244,125

$2.50

$610,313

 Mississippi, Delta nonBt

65

50,375

$3.50

$176,313

35

91,000

$2.50

$227,500

 Missouri

43

166,936

$3.83

$639,365

90

346,500

$3.33

$1,153,845

 New Mexico

85

61,083

$18.00

$1,099,489

34

24,433

$8.00

$195,465

 North Carolina, Bt

15

18,300

$5.00

$91,500

90

109,800

$2.50

$274,500

 North Carolina, nonBt

20

120,000

$5.00

$600,000

85

510,000

$2.50

$1,275,000

 Oklahoma

60

120,389

$3.50

$421,363

40

80,260

$3.00

$240,779

 South Carolina

15

32,700

$5.00

$163,500

90

196,200

$4.50

$882,900

 Tennessee, Bt

20

95,000

$3.60

$342,000

75

356,250

$3.25

$1,157,813

 Tennessee, nonBt

20

7,000

$3.60

$25,200

75

26,250

$3.25

$85,313

 Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley

75

155,378

$3.10

$481,673

100

207,171

$2.50

$517,928

 Texas Northern Blacklands

20

11,600

$3.75

$43,500

80

46,400

$3.50

$162,400

 Texas High Plains

32

1,072,000

$4.50

$4,824,000

14

469,000

$4.00

$1,876,000

 Texas Southern Blacklands

27

35,100

$4.00

$140,400

78

101,400

$3.00

$304,200

 Texas Far West

0

1,722

$6.44

$11,090

0.7

3,444

$5.26

$18,115

 Texas Northern Rolling Plains

5

20,000

$4.25

$85,000

60

240,000

$4.25

$1,020,000

 Texas Southern Rolling Plains

5

31,250

$4.25

$132,813

60

375,000

$4.25

$1,593,750

 Texas Lower Coastal Bend

41

213,610

$3.75

$801,038

59

307,390

$2.75

$845,323

 Texas Upper Coastal Bend

44

81,840

$3.75

$306,900

56

104,160

$2.75

$286,440

 Virginia

5

4,050

$6.50

$26,325

95

76,950

$4.50

$346,275

Total US

43

5,835,930

$1.86

$10,856,160

56

7,735,710

$2.07

$15,995,018