The world-first study began after a mouse plague destroyed thousands of crops and cost grain growers about $1 billion two years ago. 9News
destroyed thousands of crops and cost grain growers about $1 billion two years ago.
Wagga Wagga farmer Peter Rayner was "devastated" when he lost a whole paddock of Canola after the plague in 2021.Rayner said you could see "little drill holes" showing where they had been taking all the seeds. In hopes of finding a solution, he allowed Sydney University scientists to spray his wheat crop with oil derived from wheat germ.
The spray worked to ward off rodents by camouflaging the scent of the seeds as mice find their food through smell.Wagga Wagga farmer Peter Rayner was "devastated" when he lost a whole paddock of Canola after the plague in 2021."When I finally saw there was a difference and it had worked it was pretty exciting," Parker said.
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