Boll Weevil Eradication - Present Status and Plans for Expansion

G. L. Cunningham, USDA, APHIS


 
ABSTRACT

The cooperative boll weevil eradication program is expanding rapidly to meet an ever increasing request by cotton producers to join forces in eliminating the boll weevil from the United States. Proven technically feasible and environmentally sound, the eradication program has been successful in the Southeastern and Southwestern portions of the country. Program expansion into the mid-South and Texas is beginning, and a strategic plan to eliminate the boll weevil from the cotton belt by the year 2002 is now in place. The growing interest in eradication, however, has put a strain on the financial resources needed to maintain an accelerated pace. As a result, the program is working its way through a somewhat difficult transition regarding the amount of Federal funds which can be provided for expansion areas. To the degree that Federal funds are made available in the future, they will be allocated with significant input from the National Cotton Council's Boll Weevil Action Committee. Together, we are winning the war against 100 years of weevil oppression and in the not too distant future we can look forward to weevil-free cotton from coast to coast.



Reprinted from 1995 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conference pp. 152 - 157
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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