Table 5 Insecticide Applications: Type and Cost Cotton Insect Losses – 2006

 

% Acres

Acres

Cost/

Total cost

% Acres

Acres

Cost/

Total cost

 

treated

treated

Acre

applic

treated

treated

Acre

Applic

State

air

air

air

air

ground

ground

ground

ground

Alabama, North

30

80,071

$3.70

$296,263

95

253,559

$3.35

$849,422

Alabama, Central

10

8,000

$4.50

$32,000

50

40,000

$3.00

$120,000

Alabama, South

10

28,000

$4.50

$126,000

60

168,000

$3.00

$504,000

Arizona, BT

95

163,433

$8.00

$1,307,466

35

9,567

$6.00

$57,401

Arizona, nonBt

95

25,967

$8.00

$207,738

35

60,212

$6.00

$361,274

Arkansas, Southeast

90

450,000

$4.50

$2,025,000

80

400,000

$4.00

$1,600,000

Arkansas, Northeast

90

540,000

$4.50

$2,430,000

80

480,000

$3.50

$1,680,000

California

50

264,000

$6.00

$1,584,000

75

396,000

$7.50

$2,970,000

Florida

25

26,250

$4.75

$124,688

65

68,250

$5.00

$341,250

Georgia

40

532,000

$4.50

$2,394,000

80

1,064,000

$3.50

$3,724,000

Kansas

15

18,000

$15.00

$270,000

85

102,000

$7.50

$765,000

Louisiana, Bt

93

544,307

$3.54

$1,926,847

80

470,752

$4.13

$1,944,206

Louisiana - nonBt

93

34,743

$3.54

$122,990

80

30,048

$4.13

$124,098

Mississippi, Delta nonBt

60

51,000

$3.50

$178,500

40

34,000

$2.50

$85,000

Mississippi, Hills nonBt

12

9,414

$4.25

$40,008

88

69,034

$2.50

$172,586

Mississippi, Delta Bt

60

459,000

$3.50

$1,606,500

40

306,000

$2.50

$765,000

Mississippi, Hills Bt

30

81,466

$3.50

$285,130

70

190,086

$2.50

$475,216

Missouri

30

151,500

$3.50

$530,250

70

353,500

$2.50

$883,750

New Mexico

68

43,459

$15.30

$664,920

29

18,534

$8.00

$148,271

North Carolina, Bt

8

4,800

$5.00

$24,000

95

57,000

$3.00

$171,000

North Carolina, nonBt

45

360,000

$3.50

$1,260,000

55

440,000

$4.50

$1,980,000

Oklahoma

10

31,500

$5.00

$157,500

95

299,250

$3.00

$897,750

South Carolina

10

29,800

$5.50

$163,900

100

298,000

$4.50

$1,341,000

Tennessee

20

134,000

$4.25

$569,500

90

603,000

$3.75

$2,261,250

Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley

100

256,596

$3.50

$898,086

100

256,596

$3.50

$898,086

Texas Northern Blacklands

75

72,718

$4.00

$290,871

80

77,566

$3.75

$290,871

Texas High Plains

12

386,400

$4.50

$1,738,800

60

2,016,000

$3.00

$6,048,000

Texas Southern Rolling Plains

1

2,517

$4.75

$11,957

5

25,172

$4.50

$113,274

Texas Far West

1

3,254

$4.75

$15,458

0.2

904

$4.50

$4,068

Texas Northern Rolling Planins

0

0

$4.00

$0

0

0

$4.00

$0

Texas Southern Blacklands

36

50,885

$4.50

$228,981

93

133,303

$3.00

$399,910

Texas Gulf Coast & Winter Garden

17

143,425

$4.45

$638,240

83

700,250

$2.80

$1,960,701

Texas Panhandle

10

12,400

$4.50

$55,800

65

80,600

$3.00

$241,800

Virginia

0

0

$0.00

$0

100

93,000

$5.00

$465,000

Total US

32

4,998,905

$1.44

$22,205,393

66

9,594,184

$2.36

$34,643,184