Integrated Pest Management for Corn Earworm in Iowa Sweet Corn

Corn Earworm Dynamic Budget Tool

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Introduction

Use dropdown menus to select options and be shown a price based on collected data.
If your actual costs differ from the default values, you may override the amount in the cost field.
Those amounts that you override will be highlighted in blue.
To manually clear an overridden value, just reselect a dropdown option.

Farm Information For Calculations:
Information about the farm, such as seeding rates, yield, and markets, that will be used for calculating return on investment. ↪
Type Of Sweet Corn Hybrid:
Select conventional and/or Bt sweet corn hybrids and the percentage of acreage for each. ↪
Corn Earworm Moth Trapping:
Costs associated with deploying moth traps for corn earworm. Only one trap is required for the entire farm. ↪
Insecticide Applications:
Select insecticide product(s) used for each application. Up to two products for a single application and information for up to eight insecticide applications over the season can be included in the calculation. Default values assume full labeled rates are used for every product. ↪
Revenue Information:
Information about sweet corn sales, including price charged and discounts. ↪
Return on Investment (ROI):
Dollars of revenue for each dollar spent on corn earworm management. This does not include ALL expenses for sweet corn production. ↪

Farm Information For Calculations

Farm Information For Calculations
Description	Option	Amount	Unit

Number of acres of sweet corn		Enter the number of acres of sweet corn	acres
Seeding rate		Enter the seeding rate per acre	plants/acre
Do you monitor corn earworm moth traps?	Select whether you monitor corn earworm moth traps
Number of ears harvested		Enter the number of ears harvested per acre	ears/acre
Percentage of ears sold direct to consumers		Enter the percentage of ears sold direct to consumers	%
Percentage of ears sold to retailers (wholesale)		Enter the percentage of ears sold to retailers as wholesale	%

Type Of Sweet Corn Hybrid

Type Of Sweet Corn Hybrid
Description	Option	Amount	Unit

Conventional hybrid		Enter the percentage of acreage that is conventional hybrid	% of acreage
Cost of conventional hybrid	Select the type of conventional hybrid used	This is your cost per acre of conventional hybrid selected $	/acre
Bt hybrid		Enter the percentage of acreage that is Bt hybrid	% of acreage
Cost of Bt hybrid	Select the type of Bt hybrid used	This is your cost per acre of Bt hybrid selected $	/acre

Cost of seed		This is your total cost of seed per acre $ 0.00	/acre

Corn Earworm Moth Trapping

Corn Earworm Moth Trapping
Description	Amount	Unit

Cost of Heliothis trap	This is the per unit cost of a Heliothis trap $	/trap
Cost of lures	This is the per unit cost of lures $	/lure
Number of weeks traps are monitored	This is the number of weeks traps are monitored	weeks
Total cost of lures	This is the total cost of lures per farm $ 0.00	/farm
Labor Hours	This is the number of labor hours per week	hours/week
Labor Rate	This is the hourly pay rate for labor	$/hour
Cost of labor	This is your total cost for labor $ 0.00	dollars

Cost of monitoring corn earworm moths	This is your total cost of monitoring corn earworm moths per farm $ 0.00	/farm
Cost of monitoring corn earworm moths	This is your total cost of monitoring corn earworm moths per acre $ 0.00	/acre

Insecticide Applications

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Insecticide Applications
Description	Option #1	Option #2	Amount	Unit

Insecticide Application #1
Cost of insecticide product #1	Select an insecticide group number for your first application	Select an insecticide product for your first application	This is the cost of insecticide product #1 for your first application $	/acre
Cost of insecticide product #2	Select another insecticide group number for your first application	Select another insecticide product for your first application	This is the cost of insecticide product #2 for your first application $	/acre
Cost of application	Select the type of application for your first application		This is the application cost for your first application $	/acre
Total cost of insecticide application			This is the total cost for your first application $ 0.00	/acre

Insecticide Application #2
Cost of insecticide product #1	Select an insecticide group number for your second application	Select an insecticide product for your second application	This is the cost of insecticide product #1 for your second application $	/acre
Cost of insecticide product #2	Select another insecticide group number for your second application	Select another insecticide product for your second application	This is the cost of insecticide product #2 for your second application $	/acre
Cost of application	Select the type of application for your second application		This is the application cost for your second application $	/acre
Total cost of insecticide application			This is the total cost for your second application $ 0.00	/acre

Insecticide Application #3
Cost of insecticide product #1	Select an insecticide group number for your third application	Select an insecticide product for your third application	This is the cost of insecticide product #1 for your third application $	/acre
Cost of insecticide product #2	Select another insecticide group number for your third application	Select another insecticide product for your third application	This is the cost of insecticide product #2 for your third application $	/acre
Cost of application	Select the type of application for your third application		This is the application cost for your third application $	/acre
Total cost of insecticide application			This is the total cost for your third application $ 0.00	/acre

Insecticide Application #4
Cost of insecticide product #1	Select an insecticide group number for your fourth application	Select an insecticide product for your fourth application	This is the cost of insecticide product #1 for your fourth application $	/acre
Cost of insecticide product #2	Select another insecticide group number for your fourth application	Select another insecticide product for your fourth application	This is the cost of insecticide product #2 for your fourth application $	/acre
Cost of application	Select the type of application for your fourth application		This is the application cost for your fourth application $	/acre
Total cost of insecticide application			This is the total cost for your fourth application $ 0.00	/acre

Insecticide Application #5
Cost of insecticide product #1	Select an insecticide group number for your fifth application	Select an insecticide product for your fifth application	This is the cost of insecticide product #1 for your fifth application $	/acre
Cost of insecticide product #2	Select another insecticide group number for your fifth application	Select another insecticide product for your fifth application	This is the cost of insecticide product #2 for your fifth application $	/acre
Cost of application	Select the type of application for your fifth application		This is the application cost for your fifth application $	/acre
Total cost of insecticide application			This is the total cost for your fifth application $ 0.00	/acre

Insecticide Application #6
Cost of insecticide product #1	Select an insecticide group number for your sixth application	Select an insecticide product for your sixth application	This is the cost of insecticide product #1 for your sixth application $	/acre
Cost of insecticide product #2	Select another insecticide group number for your sixth application	Select another insecticide product for your sixth application	This is the cost of insecticide product #2 for your sixth application $	/acre
Cost of application	Select the type of application for your sixth application		This is the application cost for your sixth application $	/acre
Total cost of insecticide application			This is the total cost for your sixth application $ 0.00	/acre

Insecticide Application #7
Cost of insecticide product #1	Select an insecticide group number for your seventh application	Select an insecticide product for your seventh application	This is the cost of insecticide product #1 for your seventh application $	/acre
Cost of insecticide product #2	Select another insecticide group number for your seventh application	Select another insecticide product for your seventh application	This is the cost of insecticide product #2 for your seventh application $	/acre
Cost of application	Select the type of application for your seventh application		This is the application cost for your seventh application $	/acre
Total cost of insecticide application			This is the total cost for your seventh application $ 0.00	/acre

Insecticide Application #8
Cost of insecticide product #1	Select an insecticide group number for your eighth application	Select an insecticide product for your eighth application	This is the cost of insecticide product #1 for your eighth application $	/acre
Cost of insecticide product #2	Select another insecticide group number for your eighth application	Select another insecticide product for your eighth application	This is the cost of insecticide product #2 for your eighth application $	/acre
Cost of application	Select the type of application for your eighth application		This is the application cost for your eighth application $	/acre
Total cost of insecticide application			This is the total cost for your eighth application $ 0.00	/acre

Do you apply insecticide to Bt hybrids?	Select whether you apply insecticide to Bt hybrids
Total insecticide cost			This is your total cost of insecticide per acre $ 0.00	/acre

Revenue Information

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Revenue Information
Description	Amount	Unit

Price charged for direct sales	Enter your retail price per dozen $	/dozen
Number of "extra" ears given to consumers per dozen	Enter the number of extra ears given to consumers per dozen =	ears
Price charged for wholesale	Enter your wholesale price per dozen $	/dozen
Total direct sale income	This is your total retail income from direct sales $ 0.00
Total wholesale income	This is your total wholesale income $ 0.00

Total income	This is your total income per acre $ 0.00	/acre
Total CEW input costs	This is your total CEW input costs per acre $ 0.00	/acre
├ Total seed costs	This is your total seed costs per acre $ 0.00	/acre
├ Total monitoring costs	This is your total monitoring costs per acre $ 0.00	/acre
└ Total insecticide costs	This is your total insecticide costs per acre $ 0.00	/acre
Net Revenue	This is your net revenue per acre $ 0.00	/acre

Return on Investment (ROI) ⁶	This is your return on investment $ 0.00	ROI