AGRICULTURE NEWS - There are fears that this season could see some of the worst infestations of brown locusts (Locustana pardalina) in South Africa on record.
This followed reports of outbreaks in the Concordia and Springbok areas in the Northern Cape, as well as the Graaff-Reinet, Cradock and Aberdeen districts in the Eastern Cape.
Andrea Campher, manager of the risk and disaster unit at Agri SA, said the good rainfall forecast for the upcoming season, and the fact that the locusts had laid their eggs near irrigation areas in the Eastern Cape earlier this year, could result in large-scale infestations.
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