The WA municipal department of agric has assured farmers in
the region and municipality that they are ready to assist the with chemicals to
combat the fall army worm.
The fall army worm is a tropical pest of crops that feed on
the leaves of crops such as maize, millet, sorghum and other cereals which
mostly occurs in June.
According to Mr Gaaten Baligi, an officer at the WA
municipality agric department speaking to progress news indicated that, report
reaching them in recent days from farmers in the municipality is that, the fall
army worms have invaded their farms and have destroyed most of their crops
which is a great lost to them.
He continued that, they are ready to assist these farmers
whose farm been invaded by these pest with free chemicals to control the pest.
He also urged all farmers to quickly report to their
district agric officers whenever they notices these pests have started feeding
on their crops to avoid spreading
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