monday, October 2, 1978
daily nebraskan
Ag department official plaqued
by a summer of grasshoppers
By Shelley Smith
The Tioppers were all over this summer,
as Nebraska reported the largest infesta
tion of grasshoppers since the 1930s,
according to the State Agriculture Depart
ment. Richard Fitzsimmons, deputy director,
said the grasshopper situation this past
spring and summer was the worst he had
seen in 20 years.
He said large infestations have been
reported on a semi-regular basis once every
20 years.
He said while this was only a theory,
there are several known reasons for the
large number of the plant -eating insects.
One, he said, was because of the recent
increase in regulation of effective chemicals.
He said many of the pesticides used to
control past grasshopper infestations have
been taken off the market because of the
dangers to both the users and the plants.
Another reason he cited was the
Nebraska spring. He said the early spring
was cool and wet and moved into a hot,
dry summer very rapidly.
"This is ideal for grasshoppers. They
carry a bacteria that when dampened,
grows," he added.
He said attempts to control the situa
tion were made as soon as they realized
it would be a record-breaking summer for
grasshoppers.
"We tried to get the EPA (Environ
mental Protection Agency) to release
the use of heptaclore for emergency use,"
he said.
Heptaclore is a strong, effective chemi
cal used in preventing the bacteria growth,
but it is very dangerous, he said.
He said although the EPA denied the
request, they did release the use of five
other chemicals that have short term
effects.
"The problem with these is that they
don't carry enough lasting potency to do
much good," he said.
He siid the department did spray
195,796 acres of only rangeland with the
pesticides, but this was only 20 percent
of the range land affected.
He said coverage was minimal because
the rancher or farmer must have signed
up for the spraying in spring, and he said
people didn't realize the possible serious
ness of the grasshopper problem.
He said, however, that people are
already signing up for next year, and they
expect to spray nearly one million acres
of rangeland .
He said there is an agriculture appropri
ations bill being considered to allot $5
million for cropland spraying. Cropland
wasn't sprayed last year because of a lack
of funds, he said.
If passed, he said, the agriculture
department would match the funds to
begin the program, and an expected 2
million acres of cropland would be sprayed
Although the 20-year theory won't be
in effect next year, he said the agriculture
department is planning for the worst, just
in case.
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