The federal grasshopper suppression program that has operated on Western public lands for decades needs an update. The current program, managed by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shows a male migratory grasshopper. (U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant ...

The unusually cold, wet spring that gave Idaho farmers fits this year has kept grasshopper populations down and federal, state and county officials say their numbers are at the lowest level in years.

Oregon Department of Agriculture staff say the agency’s program to control grasshopper and Mormon cricket infestations is severely underfunded. The department’s grasshopper control program was ...