# Locust spraying milestone across Flinders, Mid North

> Aerial operations have treated more than 100,000 hectares across South Australia’s Flinders, Mid North and pastoral regions to control locusts. The spraying is taking place as a potentially record harvest gets underway.

- Date: 2026-11-07 · published 2026-11-08T00:16:19.075Z
- Category: disease · region South Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/86720-locust-spraying-milestone-across-flinders-mid-north
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Controlling locusts may limit crop losses and protect local grain supplies, but the report gives no evidence of a material production impact or price-moving supply change.

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## Sources

- plainsproducer.com.au: https://plainsproducer.com.au/news/2026/11/08/locust-spraying-milestone-across-flinders-mid-north/

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