Table 6 Cotton Insect Monitoring Costs Cotton Insect Losses-2006

   

Times per

     
 

Acres

week

wt Avg Cost

Cost per

Total

State

Scouted

Scouted

over all acres

scouted acre

Cost

Alabama, North

245,000

1.3

$5.05

$5.50

$1,347,500

Alabama, Central

30,000

1.1

$2.25

$6.00

$180,000

Alabama, South

110,000

1.1

$2.95

$7.50

$825,000

Arizona, BT

155,000

2

$10.14

$11.25

$1,743,750

Arizona, nonBt

27,000

2.1

$11.85

$12.00

$324,000

Arkansas, Southeast

415,000

1.5

$7.06

$8.50

$3,527,500

Arkansas, Northeast

540,000

1.2

$6.53

$7.25

$3,915,000

California

573,864

1.2

$10.87

$10.00

$5,738,640

Florida

80,000

1.3

$6.48

$8.50

$680,000

Georgia

931,000

1.2

$5.60

$8.00

$7,448,000

Kansas

50

2

$0.00

$8.00

$400

Louisiana, Bt

544,307

1.8

$9.81

$10.60

$5,769,654

Louisiana - nonBt

34,743

1.8

$9.31

$10.06

$349,515

Mississippi, Delta nonBt

68,000

1.5

$6.00

$7.50

$510,000

Mississippi, Hills nonBt

405,000

1

$26.59

$5.15

$2,085,750

Mississippi, Delta Bt

612,000

1.5

$6.00

$7.50

$4,590,000

Mississippi, Hills Bt

190,086

1.2

$4.90

$7.00

$1,330,602

Missouri

54,914

1.2

$0.76

$7.00

$384,398

New Mexico

36,400

1

$5.41

$9.50

$345,800

North Carolina, nonBt

45,000

1

$6.00

$8.00

$360,000

North Carolina, Bt

480,000

1

$4.80

$8.00

$3,840,000

Oklahoma

140,000

1

$2.22

$5.00

$700,000

South Carolina

270,000

1

$8.15

$9.00

$2,430,000

Tennessee

469,000

1.2

$5.25

$7.50

$3,517,500

Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley

106,901

1

$2.50

$6.00

$641,406

Texas Northern Blacklands

65,000

1

$3.18

$4.75

$308,750

Texas High Plains

430,000

1.3

$0.70

$5.50

$2,365,000

Texas Southern Rolling Plains

35,000

1

$0.38

$5.50

$192,500

Texas Far West

0

0

$0.00

$0.00

$0

Texas Northern Rolling Planins

20,000

1

$0.27

$6.00

$120,000

Texas Southern Blacklands

85,986

0.8

$3.30

$5.50

$472,923

Texas Gulf Coast and Winter Garden

389,299

1.2

$2.63

$5.70

$2,219,004

Texas Panhandle

85,000

1.5

$6.85

$10.00

$850,000

Virginia

5,000

1.5

$0.46

$8.50

$42,500

Total US

7,678,550

1.27

$3.98

$7.70

$59,155,092