Australia's grain farmers, already strained by war-driven shortages, now face a severe mouse plague that could devastate crops in a key growing region.
It is a massive blow to embattled farmers, but also threatens a $3 billion industry.
A severe mouse plague in the Western Australia farming town of Morawa is overwhelming homes, businesses and farms.
Farmers in several parts of Australia are being overrun by hoards of mice, with an explosion in population numbers threatening $1 billion worth of crop exports.
As locals in a Western Australian town battle a siege of mice, farmers still do not have permission to use a high-strength ...
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Mouse plague hits WA grain farmers as numbers surge in SA: ‘You literally can’t get away from them’
CSIRO researcher says there are reports of up to 4,000 mouse burrows per hectare in parts of Western Australia ...
Grain paddocks in Western Australia are filled with thousands of mice, which are making their way into residential areas.
As if the cost of diesel and the lack of fertiliser were not enough, South Australia's farmers are also facing the prospect ...
Australia's government is working with industry to manage a mouse plague impacting food supply in Western Australia. Grain ...
The CSIRO has warned that mouse populations have exploded, but the cause of the outbreak remains a partial mystery.
Farmers are pushing for stronger bait approval as mice numbers soar out of control in Western Australia, but stronger poisons are being rejected by the national chemical regulator.
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