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NSW mice plague: Phone services disrupted, crops destroyed and homes overrun

May 29 2021 - 7:00pm
TOUGH TIME: Farmer and chairman of the local NSW Farmers branch Alan Brown says primary producers have lost thousands of dollars.
TOUGH TIME: Farmer and chairman of the local NSW Farmers branch Alan Brown says primary producers have lost thousands of dollars.

Amid reports of mice biting patients at medical facilities, untold damage to rural properties, homes and machinery, added to the inconvenience of disruptions to phone services comes the sobering message from one NSW farmer that the current mice plague will "get worse before it gets better".

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