Table 6 Cotton Insect Monitoring Costs Cotton Insect Losses-2005

Times per

Acres

week

wt Avg Cost

Cost per

Total

State

Scouted

Scouted

over all acres

scouted acre

Cost

Alabama, North

225,000

1.10

$4.79

$5.75

$1,293,750

Alabama, Central

48,000

1.00

$3.30

$5.50

$264,000

Alabama, South

150,000

1.10

$4.02

$7.50

$1,125,000

Arizona, BT

170,000

1.70

$9.60

$10.00

$1,700,000

Arizona, nonBt

59,000

1.80

$9.75

$10.25

$604,750

Arkansas, Southeast

420,000

1.50

$8.08

$8.50

$3,570,000

Arkansas, Northeast

445,000

1.00

$5.49

$7.25

$3,226,250

California

600,000

1.00

$7.21

$8.00

$4,800,000

Florida

69,300

1.20

$7.12

$9.25

$641,025

Georgia, Bt

750,000

1.10

$5.58

$8.00

$6,000,000

Georgia, non-Bt

90,000

1.50

$5.67

$8.50

$765,000

Kansas

40

2.00

$0.00

$8.00

$320

Louisiana, Bt

510,000

1.80

$9.21

$9.75

$4,972,500

Louisiana - nonBt

78,000

1.80

$9.51

$9.75

$760,500

Mississippi, Hills Bt

203,000

1.00

$5.60

$8.00

$1,624,000

Mississippi, Hills nonBt

49,000

1.00

$5.25

$7.50

$367,500

Mississippi Delta Bt

688,500

1.50

$6.75

$7.50

$5,163,750

Mississippi, Delta nonBt

67,500

1.50

$6.75

$7.50

$506,250

Missouri

396,000

1.00

$4.59

$5.10

$2,019,600

New Mexico

41,500

1.00

$5.40

$8.75

$363,125

North Carolina, Bt

545,000

1.00

$5.63

$7.50

$4,087,500

North Carolina, nonBt

60,000

1.20

$5.63

$7.50

$450,000

Oklahoma

145,000

1.00

$2.57

$4.30

$623,500

South Carolina

259,000

1.50

$8.31

$8.50

$2,201,500

Tennessee

431,000

1.20

$5.25

$7.50

$3,232,500

Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley

167,965

1.00

$4.95

$5.50

$923,808

Texas Northern Blacklands

57,000

1.00

$4.75

$5.00

$285,000

Texas High Plains

650,000

1.00

$1.32

$7.00

$4,550,000

Texas Southern Blacklands

100,000

1.00

$4.72

$5.50

$550,000

Texas Far West

15,000

1.00

$0.24

$7.40

$111,000

Texas Northern Rolling Plains

20,000

1.00

$0.24

$6.00

$120,000

Texas Southern Rolling Plains

95,000

1.00

$1.16

$5.50

$522,500

Texas Lower Coastal Bend

178,814

1.70

$6.80

$8.00

$1,430,512

Texas Upper Coastal Bend

416,735

1.20

$4.68

$5.90

$2,458,737

Virginia

5,000

1.50

$0.46

$8.50

$42,500

Total US

8,205,354

1.70

$4.30

$7.48

$61,356,376