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Worst grasshopper infestation ever on tap for Prairies

19 Jun 2003

Saskatchewan, Canada

Prairie farmers are facing a grasshopper infestation the likes of which might never have been seen in Western Canada. The last kick from a drought that devastated crops last year.

CBC

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