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Grasshoppers expected to remain a problem for 2023

A key topic of discussion at farm meetings over the last few weeks has been the insect forecast.

The Prairie Pest Network released the provincial insect forecast maps this week.

During Alberta's Agronomy Update insect technologist with Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation Dr Shelley Barkley told producers that not only did grasshoppers increase in numbers in 2022, but also in area.

You can start watching for grasshoppers in May or June in areas where we saw lots of them in 2022. 

"Watch and do some counts, know your economic thresholds and make decisions then on whether you have to control them or not. But know that, you know we had this beautiful fall in the end, and that they can lay lots and lots of eggs. So there's lots of potential."

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