Soybean Invertebrate Pest Loss Calculator

Calculate yield and economic losses due to soybean invertebrate pests

Search Criteria

Query multiple types of production and estimated yield loss data by timeframe, invertebrate pest, and geographic area* 

  1. Select desired start year and end year. For a single year of data choose the same year for both start and end. 
  2. Select a pest category, which will autofill the relevant pests. 
  3. Select one or multiple pests.
  4. Further define geographic area by country, region, or select one or multiple states.
  5. Click on Search and results will display. 
  6. Further details are available by clicking on Production and Losses within results. 
  7. If specific pests or states are not selected, the output will include values for all pests and states present in the selection boxes. 
  8. NA means data not collected for that year and geographic location.

*Not all data categories are available for all locations and all years, as outlined in the following notes.

Additional data on the economic costs associated with invertebrate management, such as field scouting and insecticide application, can be found in the Midsouth Entomologist online publication.

  • These data are expert estimates only.
  • Soybean loss data is available for the following states and years:
    • 2009 and 2010: AR, MS, and TN
    • 2011 through 2016: AL, AR, LA, MS, NC, TN, and VA
    • 2017: AL, AR, DE, GA, IL, IN, LA, MI, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WI
    • 2018 and 2019: AL, AR, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WI
    • 2020 and 2021: AL, AR, DE, GA, IL, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WI
    • 2022: AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, IL, KY, LA, MI, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WI
  • Selecting regional or country-wide geographies will return results containing only the data from states and years that estimates are available for.
  • Because data was obtained from differing sources, discrepancies among years and locations may exist that cannot be accounted for.
  • Certain invertebrate pests injure soybean plants in multiple ways. In this loss calculator, pests were placed into the category matching their primary feeding or injury activity. For example, bean leaf beetle adults feed on foliage and fruit while larvae feed on roots; however, bean leaf beetle was placed in the “Defoliators and fruit feeders” category. Likewise, stink bugs were placed in the “Defoliators and fruit feeders” category due to injury to pods and developing seeds, even though they feed by consuming plant sap.
  • Losses caused by “Other insects” are included in the “Defoliators and fruit feeders” category.
  • Thistle caterpillar was added beginning in 2020; soybean gall midge was added beginning in 2021; trochanter mealybug was no longer collected after 2020.
  • Inflation has NOT been accounted for in reported USD values.

How to cite information from this resource: 

Crop Protection Network. 2023. Estimates of crop yield losses due to diseases and invertebrate pests: an online tool. Https://loss.cropprotectionnetwork.org/. Doi.org/10.31274/cpn-20191121-0

For more information about pest loss data, please see the About page.

Data Collection

Fred Musser, Mississippi State University

Contributors 2009 to 2022

Scott H. Graham and Tim Reed, Auburn University; Benjamin Thrash and Gus Lorenz, University of Arkansas; David Owens, University of Delaware; Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia; Nicholas J. Seiter, University of Illinois; Raul T. Villanueva, University of Kentucky; Jeff A. Davis, Louisiana State University; Chris DiFonzo, Michigan State University; Robert L. Koch, University of Minnesota; Angus L. Catchot, Jr., Whitney D. Crow and Fred Musser, Mississippi State University; Dominic D. Reisig, North Carolina State University; Kelly Tilmon, The Ohio State University; Tom Royer, Oklahoma State University; Jeremy K. Greene, Clemson University; Sebe Brown and Scott D. Stewart, University of Tennessee; Dalton C. Ludwick, M. O. Way and David L. Kerns, Texas A&M University; Sean Malone, Sally Taylor and Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech; and Emily Bick, Shawn P. Conley and Bryan Jensen, University of Wisconsin.

This information is only a guide. The values in this resource are not intended to be exact values of yield losses due to diseases or invertebrate pests, and some data are missing for certain years and locations. Contributors and data managers assume no liability resulting from the use of these estimates. 

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