Grasshopper Hatch Timing and Weather Impacts for 2010
Jim Heshka of MAFRI explains that spring weather does not trigger earlier grasshopper emergence. Most large grasshoppers seen before May are nonpests, with pest hatches typically late May to June. Precipitation before hatching has limited harm, while rain after hatching can kill or slow pests. Moist soil supports vegetation and may reduce crop movement.
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Vance
Jim Heshka
MAFRI
Students help plant trees at Spear Lake conservation project
Sixty eight high school students from Russell and Roblin plus teachers and volunteers joined MAFRI reps and the Russell Game and Fish group May 20 to plant more than 2300 trees along the north east shore of Spear Lake. LPCC manager Sharla Boychuk praised the effort and noted the project starts a natural vegetated buffer around the lake with ongoing summer maintenance.
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Russell and
Roblin
Russell Game and Fish Group
Mafri Reps
Spear Lake
Russell
Lake of the Prairies
Silverton
Boychuk
Roundest Stone Found In Field Fuels Local Debate
Garth McKenzie reports discovering a nearly perfectly round stone in his field about 30 years ago and has cherished it since. He notes it resembles a tool and claims it stands out among the stones farmers find, joking that his rock may be the roundest of them all. Ed Doering The Review.
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Garth McKenzie
Ed Doering
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