They highlight a decrease in locust attacks on crops in the Chaco, Paraguay

Rodríguez maintained that they continue to carry out monitoring in the departments of Boquerón and to a greater extent in Alto Paraguay, the area where most of the reports of lobster sightings were received. He highlighted that currently the attack of the pest on crops such as soybeans, cotton and sesame decreased between 15% and 20%. He pointed out that in Alto Paraguay they have already covered 3,500 hectares to date, through aerial spraying, and noted that the focus of the locusts was on the windbreaks and in pastures. In this context, the Senave technician highlighted that the presence of lobsters in those areas decreased considerably and that so far they have not received reports of nymphs, only of lobsters in an immature and flying adult state. That is why they do hard work to avoid the formation of sleeves. «We don't give up on this, we are doing an excellent job and I congratulate the entire team because so far we are controlling quite well. And even more so by avoiding ...