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Kansas Boll Weevil Trapping ProgramRex Friesen, Ph.D.
Southern Kansas Cotton Growers Co-op, Inc.Anthony, Kansas Winfield, Kansas
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Why Do We Need to Trap?
Undetected establishment and proliferation of boll weevils could cripple cotton as production option in Kansas
Increasing acres, and therefore increasing value of cotton to growers and to the state
Other cotton-producing states demanding it
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Kansas Acreage and Production
Planted Acres2013 = 27,0002014 = 31,0002015 = 16,0002016 = 32,0002017 = 93,0002018 = 165,0002019 = 107,000 (?)2020 = ???
Production (bales)2013 = 41,0002014 = 48,0002015 = 35,0002016 = 71,0002017 = 197,0002018 = 335,000 (est.)2019 = 250,000 (?)2020 = ???
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2019 Trapping Program KCA authorized Rex Friesen to coordinate
program 2 “trappers” were hired to place and service
traps: 1 for western Kansas; 1 for SC Kansas 198 Traps placed (140 traps along entry ports; 53
traps along East/West routes; 5 traps at gins, equipment dealerships)
Traps were serviced every 3-5 weeks, from July thru December
No Boll weevils captured
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2019 Trapping Program
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Plans for 2020
KCA continues working with NCC, Cotton Inc., and Texas and Oklahoma BWE Programs to develop program
Aim for “Minimum Trapping Protocol” for trap placement and density
Personnel Funding program through designated fees
(per bale), collected at each gin
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Minimum Trapping Protocol
1 trap per section* with cotton field(s) in it.Traps placed in areas where cotton was
located the year before (will use satellite images to locate last year’s fields)
*1 trap can suffice for fields across the road from each other.
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Cotton Fields in Central Kansas
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Cotton Fields in Sumner County - 2019
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Coming Soon to a field near you!