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Season forecast: hot and dry with low chance of locusts

LOCUSTS are unlikely to bug Australian farmers until at least autumn 2024, if at all, with low populations expected throughout the upcoming season.

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 Agriculture Victoria said it is unlikely locust numbers will be large enough to cause concern this season until autumn, if at all. Photo Credit: Agriculture Victoria

Agriculture Victoria said it is unlikely locust numbers will be large enough to cause concern this season until autumn, if at all. Photo Credit: Agriculture Victoria

In its Australian plague locust update, Agriculture Victoria said the forecast for the 2023-24 locust season is for a very low-level spring population, a low-level summer population and a low to medium...

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