COST COMPARISON FOR PRODUCTS FOR THE CONTROL OF RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS IN COMMERCIAL TURF PRODUCTION
 
Bastiaan M. Drees, Professor and Extension Entomologist
 

Suggested (retail) prices (August 1990):
 

Product Unit price Rate/acre Cost/acre
Bait-formulated insecticides: 
Logic® (fenoxycarb) 
retail (25 lb bag) 
government program
6.20/lb 1-1.5 lbs 6.20-9.30  
5.25-7.88
Amdro® (hydramethylnon) 
retail (25 lb bag) 
government program
5.75/lb  
4.20/lb
1.0 lb 5.75  
4.20
Contact insecticides: Liquid Granules
Dursban® 4E (chlorpyrifos) 
foraging fire ants, only
88.00/gal 0.25 gal 22.00
Dursban® 50W (2 lb cans) 
6-week certification period
11.35/lb 16 lbs 181.60
Ford's Dursban 10G* (50 lbs) 
4-week certification period 
10-week certification period
2.51/lb 40 lbs 
60 lbs
100.40  
150.60
Oftanol® 2 (isofenphos) 
2.5 gal @ $156.00 
Oftanol 5% 40 lbs
62.40/gal  
1.75/lb
1 gal  
40 lbs
62.40  70.00
Triumph ® 4E (isazophos)**  
Triumph 1G**
179.00/gal 
1.45/lb
0.25 gal 
100 lbs
44.75 145.00
 

* Only approved treatment for the USDA Fire Ant Quarantine Treatment Program
** Not specifically registered for fire ant control in turf
 

Sources for prices:

Maag Agrochemicals, Inc., Porter Williams/Marty Gibson (8/31/90)
Control Solutions, Houston, Joe Blake, referred to by Jeannie, Ford's Chemical & Service, Inc. (8/31/90)
DowElanco, Houston, John Roach (08/31/90)
Ciba-Geigy, College Station, Ray Smith
Van-Waters & Rogers, Houston, Kitty Wooten (08/31/91)
Central Valley Chemicals, Lorne Dunham (08/31/90
American Cyanamid, New Jersey, Tammy Maloney (8/31/90)


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