Dozens of Alberta municipalities declared agricultural disasters due to severe drought conditions in 2024 and this year may be a repeat. Boyd Mori, a University of Alberta professor of agricultural and ecological entomology, warns of a potential spike in grasshopper populations on the Prairies due to the absence of a prolonged winter cold snap and snowpack that usually kills off a lot of eggs.
Global News at Noon Edmonton
Prairies may see summer of 2024 grasshopper increase amid drought conditions, mild winter
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