Minimizing Financial Risk in Cotton Pest Management: A Simulation Case Study

P.I. Szmedra and R.W. McClendon


 
ABSTRACT

A biophysical cotton crop simulation model is used to determine the financial risk efficiency of implementing a boll weevil eradication (BWE) program in cotton production for the Mississippi delta region. Alternative grower pest management practices and financial participation rates are considered. Results indicated grower participation in a BWE program as well as closely following cooperative extension pest management guidelines to be risk efficient.



Reprinted from Proceedings: 1989 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences pp. 458 - 463
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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