WALPEUP in the heart Mallee has become the frontline in the rodent wars, and Victoria’s only benchmark and rapid assessment site, making it part of a national network tackling the ongoing – often crippling – threat of mouse activity to graingrowers.

Now the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and partners is sinking a further $11 million into projects to enable continued cutting-edge research led by CSIRO.