The government expressed in Australia Expressing concern about the outbreak of the rat crisis in the west of the country, she said that she would continue to cooperate with the agricultural sector to reduce its impact on food supplies.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen said in remarks broadcast on television Sydney “We are obviously concerned about rat outbreaks, including in Western Australia.”
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Local media reported that rats, which represent a continuing problem in grain-growing areas in Australia, are invading farms in the wheat belt region of Western Australia. This situation prompted grain producers to warn of crop losses and to demand the availability of stronger pesticides for mice.
Bowen said the government continues to work hard with the agriculture sector to reduce the impact of this outbreak on domestic and international food supplies.
He added, “The rat outbreak is a very difficult situation for farmers, the (agricultural) sector and governments.”
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia’s national science agency, reported that Australia, the world’s fourth-largest wheat exporter, suffered its worst rat outbreak in 1993, when the rodents damaged thousands of acres of crops and attacked livestock on pig and poultry farms.
