The USDA announced plans yesterday to allocate $11 million of its budget to efforts this summer to control the spread of native grasshoppers throughout eleven western states. That money will go towards protecting four million acres of farmland, based on high estimates of grasshopper breeding going into this summer. These expectations are based on 2009 surveys of grasshopper populations. The states most at risk are Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming; Idaho, Nevada and Utah are also at risk.
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Beware Young Grasshopper…Of the USDA
