Landowners ruined by the boll weevil and declining prices expelled their sharecroppers. The cotton industry benefited from the depredations of the boll weevil further west. She raises high a trophy topped by an enlarged-scale boll weevil. Entrepreneur Fred Halleman assisted in establishing 20 Boll Weevil restaurants across the country. Other limitations on boll weevil populations include extreme heat and drought. The boll weevil devastated cotton crops. The arrival of boll weevil infestation sharply reduced acreage, and especially yields. In total, the boll weevil is estimated to have caused $22 billion in damages. However, the boll weevil arrived in Georgia four years later. A boll weevil invasion damaged many cotton crops. As the area suffered from the boll weevil infestation, the cotton crops suffered. Genetically engineered Bt cotton is not protected from the boll weevil. He made the boll weevil and mounted it atop the statue. Then a boll weevil infestation destroyed local cotton production. The museum has the world's largest boll weevil.