Little rainfall and high temperatures were already taking a toll on Craig French’s northern Montana rangeland. Then, grasshoppers took out half his pasture land, starting with the clover and alfalfa ...
A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers. Federal agriculture officials are ...
The USDA’s pesticide spraying program for crickets and grasshoppers across the West violated the National Environmental Policy Act, according to a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez ...
A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers. Federal agriculture officials are ...
A federal judge has ordered USDA to re-evaluate the environmental impacts of its grasshopper and Mormon cricket suppression program in the West within two years. The agency’s Animal and Plant Health ...
Oregon Department of Agriculture staff say the agency’s program to control grasshopper and Mormon cricket infestations is severely underfunded. The department’s grasshopper control program was ...
Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets - giant insects that can ravage crops. "There's one right there," ...
The region's cool, wet weather has helped to hold down a predicted grasshopper outbreak. But it's too soon to declare victory over the insects, especially since they're causing big problems in some ...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers. Federal ...