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    State gives Baker County $100,000 to help farmers, ranchers deal with grasshoppers

    By JAYSON JACOBY Baker City Herald,

    18 days ago
    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1xL32X_0sj3DweV00
    Grasshoppers congregate on foliage in Eastern Oregon. Oregon Department of Agriculture/Contributed Photo, File

    A year after a grasshopper infestation that some Baker County farmers and ranchers said was the worst here in decades, the Oregon Department of Agriculture is giving the county $100,000 to help private property owners deal with the crop-munching insects.

    The state agency filed emergency rules establishing the grant program on April 24.

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