An additional battle for some of Australia’s farmers and in particular the regions, such as Western Australia’s wheatbelt being hammered with an ongoing plague of mice destroying existing crops, pilfering newly planted seeds and then contaminating the grain stores and silos of already harvested crops. Not only does this affect harvests, the grains quality for alcohol production can also decrease resulting in increased waste as well as increased costs in fuel and time to replant and replenish crops. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-18/wa-mouse-plague-pushes-regulator-to-approve-stronger-bait/106660056 https://www.instagram.com/p/DYlmde5GLYY/?img_index=13&igsh=YzMwaGlxZW5ib3Y3

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