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Summary of Losses from Insect Damage and Costs of Control in Georgia - 1997

Summary of Losses Resulting from Insect Damage and  Control Costs in Georgia in 1997 by Commodity or Other Category (+ or - after  total indicates change from 1996 losses).

Commodity

Control

 Damage

 Total  Losses   

 Apples

 $     326,000

 $     132,000

 $     458,000 +

 Blueberries

 13,000

 42,000

 55,000 +

 Canola

 34,000

 32,000

 66,000 +

 Cotton

 71,323,000

 42,674,000

 113,997,000  +

 Field corn

 3,725,000

 12,426,000

 16,151,000  +

 Fire ants

 38,679,500

 13,495,000

 52,174,500  +

 Forest

 4,685,000

 18,032,000

 22,717,000  +

 Grain sorghum

 95,000

 178,000

 273,000   -

 Grapes

 12,000

 89,000

 101,000   -

 Household and structural

 120,613,000

 36,800,000

 157,413,000  +

 Lawn and turf

 23,352,000

 32,324,000

 55,676,000  +

 Livestock and poultry

 7,661,000

 20,578,000

 28,239,000   -

 Ornamentals

 107,650,000

 121,460,000

 229,110,000  +

 Pasture and forages

 3,011,000

 12,226,000

 15,237,000  +

 Peaches

 1,840,000

 1,612,000

 3,452,000  +

 Peanuts

 11,350,000

 17,785,000

 29,135,000  +

 Pecans

 12,084,000

 18,098,000

 30,182,000  +

 Public health and recreational  areas

 59,761,932

 0

 59,761,932  +

 Small grains

 1,447,000

 2,493,000

 3,940,000  +

 Soybeans

 4,471,000

 1,747,000

 6,218,000  +

 Tobacco

 2,923,000

 2,624,000

 5,547,000  -

 Vegetables

 10,982,000

 13,625,000

 24,607,000  -

 Total

 $486,038,432

 $368,472,000

 $854,510,432   

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Last updated on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 02:48 PM
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