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ANCHOR: And in Australia, farmers are worried about an impending locust attack. Australian ABC reported that the New South Wales state government had nine planes on standby yesterday in case the locusts started to pose a threat to drought stricken crop yields. Authorities do no see the current size of the locust swarm to pose a problem but farmers have been asked to report any swarms they spot.

Tags: attack, Australia, Crops, farmers, Locust, New, NTD, south, Wales

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