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Table 1, 



Estimates of Damage by the European Corn Borer to 

 Corn Grown for Grain in the United States in 1970 





















Districts 

 Included 1/ 



Total : 



State : 



Production: 





Estimated 



Data 





State 



Value : 



per : 



Bushel : 



Value 



of 



Production 



: Loss of 



Crop 





Number 



1,000 Bu. 



Dollars 





$1,000 



1,000 Bu. 



$1,000 



Arkansas 



3 



1,575 



1.43 





2,252 



4 



5 



Delaware 



1 



13,690 



1.46 





19,987 



1,270 



1,854 



Illinois 



7 



744,884 



1.37 



1 



,061,591 



15,272 



20,923 



Indiana 



12 



371,998 



1.35 





502,197 



5,254 



7,093 



Iowa 



12 



859,140 



1.28 



1 



,099,699 



66,439 



85,042 



Kansas 



3 



79,670 



1.30 





103,571 



1,771 



2,302 



Maryland 



3 



40,172 



1.47 





59,053 



1,598 



2,349 



Michigan 



1 



114,076 



1.30 





148,299 



5,173 



6,725 



Minnesota 



7 



390,490 



1.22 





476,398 



20,687 



25,031 



Missouri 



7 



173,057 



1.40 





242,280 



6,663 



9,328 



Nebraska 



5 



367,275 



1.27 





466,439 



52,013 



66,058 



North Dakota 



1 



6,500 



1.15 





7,475 



101 



116 



Ohio 



5 



232,078 



1.35 





313,305 



5,061 



6,832 



South Dakota 



6 



102,336 



1.21 





123,827 



9,556 



11,563 



Wisconsin 



9 



143,520 



1.35 





193,752 



4,646 



6,272 



Totals 





3,640,461 





4 



,820,125 



195,885 



250,178 



1/ Cooperative Economic Insect Report 21(5):47-54, 1971 



U.S. Dept . Agr. 

 Coop. Econ. Ins. Rpt . 

 21(31):557-558, 1971 



