Cotton producers in the Upper Coastal Bend area of Texas must hold insect control costs to a minimum in order to make profitable yields. A program of intensive scouting and carefully managed biological and chemical control applications can lower production costs and increase yields. An example is illustrated where this program resulted in a yield of 625 lbs. lint/acre compared to 444 lbs. lint/acre in an adjacent field under a conventional chemical insect management program. A total net income increase of $151.17/acre was realized.