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midTN_Brangusman said:
Anyone know how I can get rid of these ba$tards, got an infestation in the yard. Pastures have some but nothing like around the house. I sprayed Lambda about a month ago, didn't notice a difference.
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The pictures look like the Mormon cricket invasions I experienced in Nevada. Someone mentioned birds here. In hindsight, the Mormons actually did end up getting help with the problem from seagulls. That is how the story goes anyway.

This problem isn't going to be limited to just you. Start talking to extension and FSA about disaster relief now. I'm afraid you are going to need it.

Your "$" in your use of words is somewhat poetic, if not sad as well. It is the hand you are being dealt.
 
Lucky said:
We've got them this year too. Not near as bad as you though. We're on black land and I noticed that they are always worse on sandy land.
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That's where they got us. We put Tifton on a field that was like blow sand. They use to farm peanuts around us. Tifton does great but it's also prime for grasshoppers. Older guys said huge flocks of turkey use to come down the creek and whack them.

This is how the cycle starts. You plant and spray out the food for the turkey and then when you want their help they aren't there. You are forced to put more chemicals and more chemicals to kill the grasshoppers not knowing what that will effect.

We just had several posts about people wanting to spray out their places to make them look pretty or productive for cattle. It's a pandoras box once you go down that road.
 
Brute 23 said:
We just had several posts about people wanting to spray out their places to make them look pretty or productive for cattle. It's a pandoras box once you go down that road.
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Spraying is a tough deal. We'll spray for years and then skip one and have so many weeds the grass won't grow anymore. The guys that do the intensive grazing claim they have so much grass the weeds get choked out but in most of their videos you can clearly see weeds or at least what we call weeds. I think location has a big effect on weeds and wether or not bushhogging is needed.

We always heard grasshoppers lay their eggs in the ground and that's why they are worse in softer sandy soils. The tifton and Bermuda guys have heck with army worms around here.
 
Lucky said:
Spraying is a tough deal. We'll spray for years and then skip one and have so many weeds the grass won't grow anymore. The guys that do the intensive grazing claim they have so much grass the weeds get choked out but in most of their videos you can clearly see weeds or at least what we call weeds. I think location has a big effect on weeds and wether or not bushhogging is needed.

We always heard grasshoppers lay their eggs in the ground and that's why they are worse in softer sandy soils. The tifton and Bermuda guys have heck with army worms around here.
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You have effectively figured out that when you grab the proverbial "Tiger by the Tail" that "letting go" has some serious consequences. The problem is, you figured this out AFTER you grabbed the tiger by the tail and may be finding yourself asking "Now what do I do?"

Often there are times when the 'cure' is worse than the 'disease'. In the long run, getting rid of the disease is usually best, but it's rough to do so.
 
Lucky said:
Spraying is a tough deal. We'll spray for years and then skip one and have so many weeds the grass won't grow anymore. The guys that do the intensive grazing claim they have so much grass the weeds get choked out but in most of their videos you can clearly see weeds or at least what we call weeds. I think location has a big effect on weeds and wether or not bushhogging is needed.

We always heard grasshoppers lay their eggs in the ground and that's why they are worse in softer sandy soils. The tifton and Bermuda guys have heck with army worms around here.
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I agree.

We rotate around where we spray, try to keep good grass cover, and ipt for woody plants. When you factor the cost savings and all around benefits of the property it has been the best scenario. Spraying every thing grew a lot of grass but was expensive and really hurt the diversity. Not spraying at all will cost productivity and will be expensive, eventually.

People just need to consider a balance, imo. If they are thinking about it and making moves to account for it, they are doing better than most.
 
What 4H said . We have 15 laying hens . I let them out of their coops every morning and close them back up every night . I see them chasing grasshoppers all day . The coop of 7 went from laying 1-2 eggs per day to laying 5-6 every day ! Eggs sure are tasty !!
 

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