Farmers ‘gutted’ by pest control permit hold-ups

Joely Mitchell
Updated January 30 2019 - 4:13pm, first published October 11 2018 - 7:00pm
Farmers are calling on the State Government to implement a more efficient pest control process. Photo by Kylie Nicholls.
Farmers are calling on the State Government to implement a more efficient pest control process. Photo by Kylie Nicholls.

Farmers don’t have the capacity to wait four to six weeks for approval to control pests, which in a lot of cases, applications are eventually denied.

Joely Mitchell

Joely Mitchell

Stock & Land editor

Joely started her career at Stock & Land as a cadet journalist in 2016. She is now the editor of the paper.

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