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Prairies may see summer of 2024 grasshopper increase amid drought conditions, mild winter

March 18, 2024

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.

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