Every Australian Farmer's Nightmare - The Locusts Are Coming
Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 02:07
in Health & Medicine
In Australia this week a crucial battle begins to combat every Australian farmer’s nightmare, the worst locust plague in 40 years. There is a $100 million national campaign in Australia to prevent a locust plague from wiping billions of dollars from the value of the Australian rural sector. The public are being asked to help to pinpoint the locations of the young locusts or ‘hoppers’ because the "strike time" for spraying is limited to one month before they start flying in plagues, and devastating orchards, vineyards and pastures. See locust plague clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8STQStqUzE&feature=related read more