Insights and Stories on Grasshoppers

Alberta rain good news for farmers, bad news for grasshoppers

Jun. 2, 2016 at 5:25 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a dry spring, the rainfall across Alberta is a welcome change — unless you’re a grasshopper. “I’d hoped that over the weekend with the rain we had it would drown the little buggers out. When they’re small like that, they’re easily drowned if there’s water on […]

‘Severe’ grasshopper numbers loom over northern Alberta

May. 12, 2016 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

EU food safety experts warn on crop insecticide

Apr. 12, 2016 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Reuters

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

Jun. 19, 2015 at 7:15 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pests likely to survive Manitoba winter

Feb. 28, 2015 at 10:41 am CST

By Terryn Shiells

Grasshopper risk light in most of Western Canada

Jan. 20, 2015 at 6:40 pm CST

CNS Canada — Most of Western Canada is expected to see low populations of grasshoppers in 2015, although there are a few areas of concern, according to forecasts from the three provinces. Most of Manitoba has a low risk of seeing high grasshopper populations this year, according to a forecast […]