14 Apr 2010

Locusts ravage NSW crops

1:30 pm on 14 April 2010

Locusts have wiped out thousands of hectares of crops in central-west NSW and are being reported in parts of northern Victoria.

The ABC reports the insects are estimated to have decimated about 10,000 hectares of wheat and barley in the Forbes district. Early sown crops around Parkes have also been destroyed.

There are fears NSW could be facing its worst locust plague since 2004.