Quick action with crop-dusting planes and trucks against Israel’s worst locust invasion in 43 years this winter reduced the damage to crops to the least of any of the invasions, the Ministry of Agriculture reported today.
Crop losses were also reported by the Jordanian press to be substantial in the Arab country. A shortage of fodder resulting from the drought and insect damage has forced farmers to sell sheep at $1.50 a head and camels at $5.50.
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