Argentina says operation eliminated another 15% from the locust cloud

The Argentine National Agro-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa) released on Sunday night (5) the results of the survey carried out on Friday (3) in the place where an aerial application against locusts had been carried out on Thursday. Despite expectations on this side of the border, the report does not mention how many insects would have been eliminated by the aeroagricultural operation. The estimate that the cloud lost another 15% of locusts was reported to Sindag by the local representative of the Argentine Rural Confederations (CRA), Martin Rapetti.

According to him, the result was considered satisfactory, taking into account the conditions of the site. The application made by the agricultural plane the day before covered an area of 115 hectares, in a region with large tree cover (closed in many places, which protected the insects). The percentage of dead grasshoppers ended up being the same as the first aerial application, carried out on the afternoon of the 26th, when the cloud was in the interior of the municipality of Curuzú Quatiá.

According to Senasa's report, the day was spent searching for the location of the cloud, which would have left the location in several short flights. The bet is that the insects would have moved to an area about three kilometers to the south. Therefore, the work on Saturday will be to track the new location of the insects and from there prepare a new operation. 

Meanwhile, in Brazil, agricultural aviation companies on the Rio Grande do Sul border remain on standby. At the same time, the State Department of Agriculture continues to monitor wind and temperature conditions in the area close to Argentine territory. 

Source: agrolink

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