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Show GRASSHOPPER CONTROL UNDERWAY An airborne spray program pro-gram is under way right now to save farmers, ranchers and consumers money. The Rangeland Grasshopper Control Program has been Initiated as part of an ongoing effort to combat this summers sum-mers heavy infestations of grasshoppers in cattle producing pro-ducing areas. Ron Johnson, of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection In-spection Service, says as many as 30 million acres of rangeland are Infested with high levels of grasshoppers. grass-hoppers. The result Is millions mil-lions of dollars worth of losses of valuable livestock forage. me spray program is organized or-ganized on a local area basis bas-is Two Insecticides are used in the government sponsored sponsor-ed program: Sevln 4 Oil carbaryl andULVMalathion. These were chosen for their relatively low mammalian toxicity, lack of environmental environ-mental persistence and excellent ex-cellent grasshopper control capabilities. For more information contact your local county extension agent. |