Fungus kills grasshoppers in Manitoba insect outbreak
Manitoba Agriculture entomologist Jay McCullough reports a fungus Entomophagus grylli spreading in Red River Valley Interlake and eastern regions. High humidity aids the disease which kills grasshoppers and reduces eggs, signaling presence by dead hoppers with heads upward and spore-filled bodies.
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Winnipeg
Jay McCullough
Manitoba
McCullough
Red River Valley
Interlake
Canadian Business moves amid theatre dreams and risk
Mucci recounts quitting part time theatre to focus on his business. He brought in Steven and Judy to run a second shop and a coin laundry after buying in to expand. With Buddy moving to Broadway this fall, he fears the costly New York lifestyle and the show may close early, threatening his plans.
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Mucci
Steven
Judy
Buddy
Broadway
New York
Matheson questions birth date as Eskimos struggle with secondary losses
Jack Matheson doubts his age while noting the Eskimos conceded 35 points per game due to personnel changes in the secondary. Donald Crump earns praise as football commissioner, and analysts Davey Supleve and Darrell Davis are cited as top scribes. The Priority Courier player of the week voting is criticized as premature.
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Eskimos
Stanley Blair
von Wilson
Donald Crump
Bill Baker
Davey Supleve
Winnipeg
EFC
Darrell Davis
Regina Leader Post
WEC
Courier
Forage Field Tour August Ninth in Wirden District
Manitoba Agriculture invites on August 9 1990 to tour two forage plots and a rotational grazing system with Gerry Gramiak Grasslands Specialist explaining forage varieties and fencing projects. Crops in the district show good moisture yield with guidance on swathing moisture targets for wheat barley and canola. A fungus disease Entomophagus grylli is noted reducing grasshopper populations offering potential pest relief.
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Wirden & District
Gerry Gramiak
Manitoba Agriculture
Agriculture Office
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