Politics and locusts always mix. In the mix there is never any logic though. Politics makes locust control difficult,

By the time they got the product in Africa to treat their outbreaks, the locusts had moved, possibly to another country. That's why it's important to have the product on hand so treatment can begin early on,

There aren't locust outbreaks every year, so it is next to impossible for a producer of Metarhizium to sustain itself with one country as the market for their product,

Sports and politics don't mix.

The only thing we leave out is locust.

The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience.