Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

1,198,539

533,245

0.029

$8.75

$0.25

0.005

1,639

Bollworm/Budworm

9,428,335

4,871,201

0.398

$8.37

$3.33

0.876

315,603

Pink Bollworm

260,496

5,422

0.001

$17.51

$0.02

0.007

2,593

Cotton Fleahopper

5,569,671

707,845

0.057

$8.30

$0.47

0.058

21,036

Lygus

7,411,702

4,414,874

0.662

$9.07

$6.01

0.667

240,297

Cotton Leaf Perforator

35,341

325

0.000

$14.00

$0.00

0.000

6

Spider Mites

4,247,780

1,702,939

0.147

$18.60

$2.74

0.198

71,448

Thrips

11,401,629

4,616,506

0.324

$6.46

$2.09

0.382

137,486

Beet Armyworm

1,384,738

54,694

0.003

$12.37

$0.04

0.005

1,875

Fall Armyworm

3,922,165

790,621

0.066

$10.80

$0.72

0.069

24,991

European Cornborer

2,340

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

1

Stink Bugs

6,516,353

3,161,412

0.303

$8.04

$2.43

0.420

151,341

Grasshoppers

1,026,972

35,150

0.002

$4.46

$0.01

0.000

68

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

1,051,385

89,332

0.006

$8.10

$0.05

0.000

36

Aphids

8,192,128

2,040,694

0.147

$9.57

$1.41

0.175

62,981

Banded Winged Whitefly

581,422

1,000

0.000

$9.95

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

1,075,746

173,714

0.020

$23.22

$0.47

0.064

23,107

Loopers

1,814,888

57,501

0.004

$10.61

$0.04

0.000

85

Southern Armyworms

26,300

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Other Insects

624,008

254,672

0.022

$8.14

$0.18

0.030

10,917

Cutworms

1,670,012

1,585,576

0.101

$2.63

$0.27

0.000

28

Percent Lost

2.96

Est. yield/acre

634

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$20.53

Total Acres

14,844,744

Spray applications

2.293

At planting

$5.91

Bt use fees

$9.43

Cost + loss

$1,020,546,282

Eradication*

$8.22

Total Bales lost

1,065,537

Scouting

$3.98

Bales lost in dollars

$306,874,779

Cost + loss/acre

$68.75

Total

$48.08