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Farmers frustrated as locust control costs add up

Petra Oates and Angus Verley · ABC News (AU)

Published 17 Oct 2026, 8:29 am·57 min ago·1 min read

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With harvesting about to start on record crops, farmers in Victoria's north-west are scrambling to control rising locust numbers and unhappy at what they say is a lack of state government support.

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