I have spent 22 years working on pest animal related projects, MouseAlert is a digital tool to help farmers monitor and report mouse activity on their farms.
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Joined February 2015
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There all well deserved, but I do think recognising Rick in this way was particularly appropriate. Congratulations Rick.
Dr Rick Llewellyn, recipient of the 2026 GRDC Seed of Light - South award, speaks candidly about his passion for research and how he strives to communicate his findings right across the grains industry and beyond. @CSIRO
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Also there would also be issues associated with the bait being covered in moist soil. However burying it would reduce the chances of non target take.
I don’t think there has been any research done on burying bait. I have always worked on the theory that mice will take the food that is easy to find before taking the time and risk to dig for food under the soil.
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I was doing a job on the boom spray in that exact same spot. The mice were just coming up to see what I was doing
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A few that dodged the mice. Then the rest of the paddock got plucked before they got going. Never mind, the good folk at @APVMA have been collecting a wage for months whilst deliberating the merits of ZP50.
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Mouse 26. Learnt that after a fire if there’s any mice activity Kelly chain before seeding 😢
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This is a paddock that we burnt 2 weeks ago. All the little mounds of dirt in the first picture are mouse holes. ZP50 permits please @APVMA
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I’ll just leave another one here
Not the worst seen for the night but the only video I took.
@APVMA
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Burnt and sown to canola. 3 days later footage taken. Think the mice have a taste for canola seeds… 1kg of 25gai ain’t going to cut it here. Hoping it’s not a re seed...@APVMA @MouseAlert
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Went for a fox hunt tonight. Established that there is a pretty high level of food for them in the paddocks. Like I was astounded to see the mice numbers.
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Mouse numbers are rising in parts of WA ahead of seeding.
Reports north of Geraldton show up to 40 burrows per 100 m² — well above the 2–3 burrows that signal concern.
Monitor paddocks now and prepare to bait at sowing if mice are present. @CSIRO @MouseAlert
More: bit.ly/4d44mSQ
#GRDC #MouseManagement
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Richard is a grain farmer who is not afraid to acknowledge the stressors that can come with farming—things like droughts, fluctuating commodity prices and even tariffs.
In this video, he shares a couple of his coping strategies.
#proudtobeafarmer
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👀 Check out this incredible thermal footage captured by @Warraboy last month, showing mice activity in sorghum crops & stubble near Warra, QLD 🐭
Ideal conditions have caused a surge in mice populations across cropping areas on the Darling Downs, southern QLD & northern NSW
We're urging all growers to inspect their paddocks & log local activity
@MouseAlert | @CSIRO
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SA GRAIN AWARDS INNOVATION 2025: Yorke Peninsula grain producer Sam Trengove was recognised as the winner of the @CropLifeOZ Innovation Award at the recent SA Grain Industry Awards. Learn more about Sam's agronomic research and trials helping to revolutionise grain farming practices below: