Winds, rain raise Mallee mouse alert

Allan Murphy

MALLEE grain growers have been warned about the potential for an approaching mouse plague. The concerns follow the combination of last year’s strong pre-harvest winds, which left grain on the ground, and recent rainfall, which experts fear could promote a rapid increase in mouse populations in coming weeks. Recent monitoring and trapping efforts detected high […]

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