Manitoba Grasshopper Forecast Shows Higher Infestation
Agriculture Canada researchers at Winnipeg Research Station project a 20 percent rise in infested areas in 1979 and a threefold increase in grasshopper density within those regions.
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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1979
Page
2
Agriculture Canada researchers at Winnipeg Research Station project a 20 percent rise in infested areas in 1979 and a threefold increase in grasshopper density within those regions.
In 1978 Manitoba had 1 288 square kilometres lightly infested with 3 to 5 grasshoppers per square metre. Projections for 1979 indicate 1 570 square kilometres infested, with severe zones east of the Red River from Green Ridge to Tolstoi.
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