| Table 14. Expenses incurred for the Cone systems trial, 2002. | |||||||||||
| Variety | Seed cost/bag |
Tech fees/bag |
Total cost/bag |
Seed & tech fee/ac |
Herb apps |
Herb app cost/ac |
Roundup cost/ac |
Insecticide app cost/acre |
Karate for worms cost/acre |
Systems cost/ac |
|
| 1 | FM 989RR | 68.95 | 30.45 | 99.40 | 27.83 | 1 | 3.50 | 10.57 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 49.95 |
| 2 | PM 2326RR | 43.45 | 26.20 | 69.65 | 19.50 | 1 | 3.50 | 10.57 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 41.62 |
| 3 | PM 2344BG/RR | 49.45 | 90.30 | 139.75 | 39.13 | 1 | 3.50 | 10.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53.20 |
| 4 | PM 2280BG/RR | 49.45 | 82.70 | 132.15 | 37.00 | 1 | 3.50 | 10.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.07 |
| 5 | PM 2266RR | 43.45 | 26.20 | 69.65 | 19.50 | 1 | 3.50 | 10.57 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 41.62 |
| 6 | SG 215BG/RR | 65.45 | 97.00 | 162.45 | 45.49 | 1 | 3.50 | 10.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 59.55 |
| 7 | All-Tex Atlas RR | 38.75 | 26.20 | 64.95 | 18.19 | 1 | 3.50 | 10.57 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 40.30 |
| 8 | ST 2454R | 42.00 | 28.00 | 70.00 | 19.60 | 1 | 3.50 | 10.57 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 41.72 |
| 9 | FM 958 | 63.95 | 0.00 | 63.95 | 17.91 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 25.96 |
| 10 | FM 966 | 63.95 | 0.00 | 63.95 | 17.91 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 25.96 |
| 11 | NK 2165C | 43.50 | 0.00 | 43.50 | 12.18 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 20.23 |
| 12 | AFD Raider 271 | 29.60 | 0.00 | 29.60 | 8.29 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 16.34 |
| 13 | PM HS26 | 43.45 | 0.00 | 43.45 | 12.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 20.22 |
| 14 lb seed/acre | 3.50/ac | 50.49/gal | 388.15/gal | ||||||||
| includes AMS at 0.31/ac |
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| Base weed program | chem cost | app cost | total cost | ||||||||
| Roundup Ultra Max | Karate rate | ||||||||||
| Pre- and At Planting | rate at 26 oz/ac | at 1.5 oz/ac | |||||||||
| 10-Mar | 1 qt/acre Treflan PPI | 6.90 | 3.50 | 10.40 | on 22-Jul | ||||||
| 7-May | 1 pt/acre Direx banded at planting | 2.88 | 0.00 | 2.88 | |||||||
| 21-Jun | Blanket cultivation | 0.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | |||||||
| 10-Jul | Blanket cultivation | 0.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | |||||||
| Post | |||||||||||
| 19-Aug | 1 qt/acre Direx post direct | 5.76 | 3.50 | 9.26 | |||||||
| Hoe cost negligible | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Total blanket weed control program | 32.54 | ||||||||||
| Insecticide Program | |||||||||||
| 30-May | 3 oz/acre Orthene | 1.93 | 3.50 | 5.43 | |||||||
| 14-Aug | 0.6 oz/acre Intruder | 0.34 | 3.50 | 3.84 | |||||||
| BWEP assessment | 12.00 | ||||||||||
| Harvest aid program | |||||||||||
| 27-Sep | 3 pt/acre CottonQuik + 7 oz/acre Ginstar | 20.01 | 3.5 | 23.51 | |||||||
| Total blanket input cost ($/acre) | 77.32 | ||||||||||