Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

1,571,620

473,529

0.080

$7.23

$0.58

0.071

21,733

Bollworm/Budworm

11,191,270

5,402,420

0.558

$8.98

$5.01

1.229

378,567

Pink Bollworm

1,002,275

114,032

0.038

$8.48

$0.32

0.170

52,296

Cotton Fleahopper

4,789,864

1,565,424

0.174

$7.04

$1.23

0.192

59,204

Lygus

7,035,540

4,171,810

0.999

$8.06

$8.05

1.055

324,941

Cotton Leaf Perforator

127,952

481

0.000

$11.75

$0.00

0.000

23

Spider Mites

3,160,118

996,651

0.082

$20.20

$1.66

0.080

24,768

Thrips

13,009,249

3,169,499

0.290

$6.07

$1.76

0.559

172,047

Beet Armyworm

1,845,616

193,958

0.013

$12.66

$0.16

0.010

3,038

Fall Armyworm

1,807,692

420,088

0.031

$9.90

$0.30

0.018

5,389

European Cornborer

393,962

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

6,252,773

3,556,245

0.351

$7.69

$2.70

0.588

180,917

Grasshoppers

1,070,883

45,816

0.003

$7.79

$0.03

0.001

316

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

1,464,766

13,995

0.001

$12.61

$0.01

0.001

263

Aphids

10,479,923

1,672,377

0.122

$10.02

$1.22

0.056

17,112

Banded Winged Whitefly

1,464,829

90,915

0.006

$9.96

$0.06

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

1,083,702

548,830

0.057

$32.13

$1.85

0.115

35,559

Loopers

1,845,371

211,199

0.013

$9.87

$0.13

0.001

344

Southern Armyworms

336,200

23,184

0.001

$7.36

$0.01

0.002

478

Other Insects

622,447

330,455

0.031

$8.50

$0.26

0.030

9,216

Cutworms

1,665,605

1,415,478

0.105

$3.28

$0.34

0.001

363

Percent Lost

4.18

Est. yield/acre

797

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$25.69

Total Acres

13,701,298

Spray applications

2.956

At planting

$5.33

Bt use fees

$11.50

Cost + loss

$1,117,810,933

Eradication

$8.24

Total Bales lost

1,286,575

Scouting

$3.79

Bales lost in dollars

$370,533,721

Cost + loss/acre

$81.58

Total

$54.54