'It's like a decaying body': Australian farmers battle mouse plague
Australian farmers are facing a severe mouse plague that is damaging crops and homes. The situation is exacerbated by rising fuel and fertilizer costs due to geopolitical tensions. Farmers are investing heavily in baiting efforts to combat the infestation, which is reportedly worse than previous plagues.
- ▪Farmers in Australia are struggling with a mouse plague that is ravaging fields and homes.
- ▪The current plague is considered worse than the one experienced in 2021.
- ▪Rising costs of fuel and fertilizer are adding to the challenges faced by farmers during this crisis.
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'It's like a decaying body': Australian farmers battle mouse plague Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLana LamSydneyWatch: Mouse plague terrorising farmers in AustraliaA mouse plague is terrorising farmers across large swathes of Australia, with the rodents running rampant around homes and ravaging fields of grain.It comes as farmers are already under pressure from unpredictable fuel and fertiliser supplies due to the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.This new battle has seen farmers pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into either re-planting crops that have been devoured by the mice or spending precious farming hours laying down bait – sterile seeds laced with mouse poison."It's a big cost and it's not just the price of the bait," says Geoff Cosgrove, 43, who runs a…
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