Posted on 06/26/2015 7:00:15 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
From mass invasion of insects suffers Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Buryatia and the Orenburg region.
Throughout the Orenburg region of Russia introduced a state of emergency because of the invasion of locusts, reports "Iodine" referring to the official Russian media. "Decree of the Governor of emergency regime imposed after the destruction of crops particularly dangerous pests. From locusts cultivated fields in the area over 91 thousand. Ha", - said the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture Region.
To combat pests and insects assistance to victims of farmers in the region have created a special headquarters. To fight the locusts in 2015 allocated about 48 million rubles. All this in the Orenburg region for crops planted over 3.4 million hectares. Of those processed about 242 thousand. Hectares. According to experts, pests spread to 60 thousand. Hectares of crops.
Invasion of locusts also recorded in Trans-Ural region of Bashkortostan, reports local information agencies "Bashynform." As recorded in the area of locust invasion. In the district of Bashkortostan Abzelilovskomu also introduced state of emergency. Pests spread on the territory of ten villages. As the press service of the Emergency Situations Ministry in the republic, today the area of crops affected by locusts, was 13,200 hectares.
Invasion of locusts experiences and Astrakhan region, reports local newspaper "Volga". Swarms of insects destroying the crop, migrating tens of kilometers daily. In two areas introduced high alert mode to the National Assembly. According to the latest regional Ministry of Agriculture, through aviation in the Astrakhan region of locusts treated nearly five thousand acres of land. Struck same area - six times more and reaches the various data from the 27 to 29 thousand hectares.
Today it became known that the locust invasion began in area Tunkinskoy Buryatia. Insects virtually destroyed the meadows near the villages Shymkiv and Huzhyr, reports website zabinfo.ru. Local residents reported that locust swarms in zbylasya who leave behind empty fields and meadows. On some action there vlaty report but noted that datsans (Buddhist temples) Buryatia prepared prayers during deprivation of land from the invasion of pests.
Plague of Locusts, you say?
That was around before, but very long ago.
We’ll see what follows...
Bad omen. Things like that happen for a reason.
they are going to need to import lots of food and they won’t have anything to export to Europe or China .... Everyone will have to buy from the US, Canada, and Brazil.
Yep, poor management of stream banks and the edges of wetlands.
Watch the Russians blame this on the US, NATO, and Ukraine.
Dang, that's a lot of bugs!
and buy from Ukraine!!!! Or, is that INVADE & annex MORE land!
Such omens occur in Russia quite routinely.
Before this is all over I fully expect bees to fly out of that evil man’s mouth.
You know: like the movie Candyman.
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