Regional areas are being warned if it’s a mild winter impacts of the mice plague will show no signs of slowing down.

The pest has been running rampant throughout northern parts of New South Wales and Southern Queensland.

Progression of the rice harvest has seen an increasing reports of the pest in the Riverina.

Rural editor Eddie Summerfield caught up with the CSIRO’s mouse guru research officer Steve Henry:

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