In many cases it just takes a primary producer to walk out their back door to see impacts from invasive pest animals. Flip open the newspaper or flick through your screen – peak industry bodies advocating for more funding to fight the invasive pest problem.
Amongst many recent publications is the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Cost of established pest animals and weeds to Australian agricultural producers. The overview sets the tone ‘…Agricultural producers spend money and time managing established vertebrate pests and weeds, and also suffer production losses‘.
In NSW grain producers, the cotton industry and sheep farmers are bearing the brunt of crop damages and predication on their livelihoods. No surprises on the suspects – feral pigs, European foxes and wild dogs.
Most of the costs captured in these types of studies are those directly attributed to the product or stock that is lost. Remediation works, material replacement, social cost and secondary or downstream losses aren’t always captured, but are real. Then you put a value on your time to repair the issues created.
We are yet to meet a primary producer, landowner / manager or asset manager who has the time or money to invest in the invasive pest problem to the level they’d be satisfied with. Most parties believe they don’t have the time or think a solution is financially out of reach.
Let us work with you on both time and a budget to to be Your Invasive Pest Solution.
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