Farms and Farm Machinery

Pest control

A recently-released report from CSIRO and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS), called Fighting plagues and predators: Australia’s path to a pest and weed-free future, says action is needed now to prevent further extinctions of native Australian species.

CSIRO says a conservative estimate of the cost of damage caused by invasive species in Australia – predominantly weeds, feral cats, rabbits and fire ants – is

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