The incidence of benefits and costs from controlling rangeland grasshoppers on public grazing lands poses problems of economic efficiency and distributional equity. Public grasshopper control programs operate like public disaster assistance. However, grasshopper infestations are an insurable risk. This article proposes a rangeland grasshopper insurance program which reduces the economic inefficiencies and distributional inequities of the existing program
3 pp., 1 map, 1 figureA new insurance program is available from USDA to protect producers from the l...
Historically, grasshoppers have been a chief insect enemy to farmers and ranchers in South Dakota an...
This publication provides guidance on when severe grasshopper infestations are likely to occur and h...
The incidence of benefits and costs from controlling rangeland grasshoppers on public grazing lands ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsib...
The periodical ravages of locusts and grasshoppers have been sufficiently documented through history...
Literature review; Biology of grasshoppers; Grasshopper mortality; Forage losses from grasshoppers; ...
This is simply an one page article with half being in map with shaded areas displaying projected gra...
Economic injury levels (EILs)—the minimum density of insects that would be required to warrant treat...
Grasshopper outbreaks in Nebraska have resulted in losses over $2 million per year due to lost forag...
Grasshoppers are a major pest of both cultivated cropsand rangeland grasses in the world’s semi-arid...
A theoretical "average" rangeland grasshopper weighs 81.6 mg (dry weight) in the adult stage and con...
Grassland ecosystems cover 30 % to 40 % of theearth’s terrestrial surface, provide critical habitat ...
This publication provides guidance on when severe grasshopper infestations are likely to occur and h...
Original author: Wayne C. Bailey (Department of Entomology)"Grasshoppers are relatively large insect...
3 pp., 1 map, 1 figureA new insurance program is available from USDA to protect producers from the l...
Historically, grasshoppers have been a chief insect enemy to farmers and ranchers in South Dakota an...
This publication provides guidance on when severe grasshopper infestations are likely to occur and h...
The incidence of benefits and costs from controlling rangeland grasshoppers on public grazing lands ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsib...
The periodical ravages of locusts and grasshoppers have been sufficiently documented through history...
Literature review; Biology of grasshoppers; Grasshopper mortality; Forage losses from grasshoppers; ...
This is simply an one page article with half being in map with shaded areas displaying projected gra...
Economic injury levels (EILs)—the minimum density of insects that would be required to warrant treat...
Grasshopper outbreaks in Nebraska have resulted in losses over $2 million per year due to lost forag...
Grasshoppers are a major pest of both cultivated cropsand rangeland grasses in the world’s semi-arid...
A theoretical "average" rangeland grasshopper weighs 81.6 mg (dry weight) in the adult stage and con...
Grassland ecosystems cover 30 % to 40 % of theearth’s terrestrial surface, provide critical habitat ...
This publication provides guidance on when severe grasshopper infestations are likely to occur and h...
Original author: Wayne C. Bailey (Department of Entomology)"Grasshoppers are relatively large insect...
3 pp., 1 map, 1 figureA new insurance program is available from USDA to protect producers from the l...
Historically, grasshoppers have been a chief insect enemy to farmers and ranchers in South Dakota an...
This publication provides guidance on when severe grasshopper infestations are likely to occur and h...