About the episode
Mice numbers are on the rise and while they often populate as the months get cooler, given the long-dry summer in the Wimmera, it’s highly unusual to be seeing so many. CSIRO Mouse management specialist Steve Henry joins us. Ongoing dry conditions in Victoria's South West and North East have led to the Fire Danger Period being extended in a handful shire's. There certainly has been resistance to the concept of virtual fencing, however The New South Wales Mins Labor Government has announced it will be legal for cattle in New South Wales. Less sheep are being transferred from the west to the east of Australia and while this may not seem alarming for the immediate future, it does raise concerns around availability, should the industry want to rebuild. Food inflation in Australia is tracking above the long term average, with lamb prices having the most significant increase of twenty percent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
