survive better in untilled soil, but that doesn???t stop the grown insects from hopping to cropland and eating crops such as corn, alfalfa, sunflowers, soybeans and sugar beets.???In the past couple of years, we???ve had some crop damage by grasshoppers, especially alfalfa and soy beans,??? said Dave Boxler, a research technologist in entomology for the University of Nebraska based in North Platt