Broadcast Newsline: January 21, 2009

In the last four or five years the overall impact of insects has been fairly low.

This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts.  All cuts are Dr. Michael Williams, a retired cotton extension entomologist who compiles the cotton insect loss report.

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In the last four or five years the overall impact of insects has been fairly low.  Dr. Michael Williams, a retired cotton extension entomologist who compiles the cotton insect loss report, says this year the losses across the whole cotton belt were three-point-seven-nine percent.

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According to Williams the average cost for insect management was fifty-six dollars an acre.

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Williams says every year they have some new pests that come in.

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