The north of the Argentine province of Santa Fe is being invaded by a plague of locusts, coming from Paraguay, and the provinces of Formosa and Chaco, particularly in many productions of cassava, corn,
Terrifying locust plague hits northern Argentina
The north of the Argentine province of Santa Fe is being invaded by a plague of locusts, coming from Paraguay, and the provinces of Formosa and Chaco, particularly in many productions of cassava, corn, and sugar cane.
The situation is being monitored by specialists from the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa for its Spanish acronym).
They say that the climatic conditions favor the displacement of the plague in the south of Santa Fe.
"Currently Senasa teams are going through what is the 28th parallel to try to detect the presence of the plague, as well as sensitizing the entire area with residents and producers to give the alert in case of detecting it," said Héctor Medina, agricultural engineer, and coordinator of the Senasa Lobster and Turtle Program.
He explained that a plague of these characteristics "in a square kilometer counts up to 40 million insects.
A sleeve of a square kilometer can eat the same as 35,000 people, or about 2,000 cows per day.
They mainly affect pastures and pastures," he said.
Based on this situation, another team will be added to the surveillance to see if the precise location of the plague can finally be determined, for which reason the agency has asked all producers in the north center of the province of Santa Fe to stay alert and notify the specialists in case of a sighting.
The video is filmed on June 19, 2020.