SA:Boot camp prepares for locust invasion

AAP General News (Australia)
08-27-2010
SA:Boot camp prepares for locust invasion

A small army is training to fight a spring invasion of locusts in South Australia's north.

More than 100 people have attended the training camp at Orroroo over the past two days
to prepare for the locust plague which is expected to threaten crops this season.

Agriculture Minister MICHAEL O'BRIEN says the government has allocated 12 million for
its response to the locust threat which includes establishing control centres at Orroroo
and Loxton.

He says staff rosters have been finalised, insecticides for the locust campaign have
arrived or ordered, planes for aerial spraying have been organised .. while vehicles,
motorbikes and ground-based spraying equipment have been secured for the coming battle.

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KEYWORD: LOCUSTS (ADELAIDE)

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