AGRICULTURE NEWS - Agri Northern Cape is urging farmers to report brown locust outbreaks to their local district locust officers as soon as they are first observed.
According to Nicol Jansen, president of Agri Northern Cape, the first outbreaks in the province had been reported in the week of 1 November in the Marydale, Groblershoop, Upington, Pofadder and Springbok areas, and more to the south in the Fraserburg area over the weekend of 6 and 7 November.
“We have not had early spring rain for many years, so have not suffered early outbreaks like this for some time now. An early outbreak like this, however, is not abnormal following early spring rain,” he said.
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