Canefield rats eats weeds that grow beneath sugarcane in warm, wet conditions and farmers say the population is the highest its been in decades
town of Ingham are facing major crop losses due tot he biggest native rat plague the town has seen in decades.have exploded due to a “perfect storm” of weather conditions, a scenario that experts say will become more common as the climate crisis worsens.
Di Bella said the region had had several mild wet seasons that failed to wash the rats out, which combined with a large crop last year created ideal conditions for a population explosion. Local farmers are now using night vision cameras to observe the rats in an attempt to gauge the scale of the problem. They have also been granted permission to lay baits in an attempt to control the numbers, a process that is more complicated than ordinary pest control measures because the rats are a native species.Native rats seen in sugarcane in the North Queensland town of Ingham
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