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Klamath County approves committee’s revised formula for grasshopper and Mormon cricket grants
Summary
The Klamath County Board approved grant recommendations that use a committee-developed per‑acre formula and a 75% reimbursement rate to distribute limited pest-mitigation funds after debate over eligibility for expensive equipment such as bug vacuums.
Commissioner Minty and the Klamath County Board of Commissioners voted to approve the grasshopper and Mormon cricket funding recommendations put forward by a county committee on Feb. 17.
A committee representative told the board the 2026 USDA outlook for grasshopper and Mormon cricket remains a concern and that state funding for the program is currently zero. He said the committee faced a recent, high-cost reimbursement request "for equipment" — "almost $200,000 in reimbursement for equipment for a, an organic farm operation" — and spent two meetings developing a fair approach to handle such requests going…
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