Drought puts Alberta farmers at risk of another scourge of grasshoppers

Parts of Alberta are at heightened risk of another grasshopper population boom in 2024, after significant outbreaks during the last growing season — but it's a waiting game to see how many insects take wing.

Drought puts Alberta farmers at risk of another scourge of grasshoppers
A close-up view of a brown grasshopper with a black stripe on its leg sitting on top of a yellow flower.

Parts of Alberta are at heightened risk of another grasshopper population boom in 2024, after significant outbreaks during the last growing season — but it's a waiting game to see how many insects take wing.