VFF locust mapping concerns

Distribution of Australian plague locusts for the month of March from the Australian Plague Locust Commision. This is the most recent distribution map available from their website.

The President of the Victorian Farmers Federation, Andrew Broad, is urging landholders to report locust egg-laying activity so that the sites can be effectively mapped and monitored.

In a press release from the VFF, Mr Broad said that reporting this activity is essential to avoid damage to "farm production, sporting facilities and private gardens, as far East as Melbourne."