Cold weather helps contain Free State locust outbreak

Plummeting temperatures in the Free State have contributed to containing large locust swarms that have devoured hundreds of hectares of wheat and planted pastures in the Bultfontein area.

Contributor Annelie Coleman, Farmer's Weekly

Wednesday, 02 June 2021, 07:09
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Cold weather helps contain Free State locust outbreak
Plummeting temperatures in the Free State have contributed to containing large locust swarms that have devoured hundreds of hectares of wheat and planted pastures in the Bultfontein area. Photo: Free State Agriculture, Farmer's Weekly

AGRICULTURE NEWS - The current cold spell being experienced across the Free State has greatly contributed to containing the severe locust outbreak in the Bultfontein area.

This was according to André Janse van Rensburg, Free State Agriculture board member.

“Coupled with the extensive application of chemicals by means of aerial and hand spraying, the plummeting temperatures played a decisive role in the eradication of the insects.

Read the full article here on the Caxton publication, Farmer's Weekly

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