Australian farmers fear potential mouse plague | ABC NEWS
Farmers are being urged to consider baiting as they sow their crops to manage mouse populations.
CSIRO research officer Steve Henry says the mouse population in Western Australia is approaching the levels of the NSW mouse plague of 2021 when there were thousands of mice per hectare.
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