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Tackling rodent numbers on Cambridgeshire mixed farm

When rodent numbers swelled rapidly at a mixed family farm in Cambridgeshire, new tactics including an integrated pest management approach and new rodenticides were needed to protect its grain stores

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Mixed farmer, Tom Martin, noticed the first signs of a rat infestation just after harvest was completed, when he found a ripped bag of oats in an old barn attached to one of his grain stores. The...

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