Mouse Plague in Australia

Wheat

There seems to be the potential for a mouse plague in part of Australia:

Mouse plague on the way in WA wheatbelt

ABC – Aug 28, 2009

Mouse numbers in Western Australia’s wheatbelt are escalating towards plague proportions.

Canola, wheat and lupins have all been attacked by the hungry rodents, with some farmers reporting up to 30 per cent crop losses.

Professor Linton Staples, from Animal Control Technologies, say if farmers don’t take some action to control the mice now, the situation could develop into the worst mouse plague in 15 years.

He’s urging farmers to carefully check their crops for signs of mouse damage.

“If you’ve got crop damage, there’s almost no debate about it, you should be baiting that crop because of the economics,” he says.

“The break-even point for baiting is at about 2 per cent crop loss, including the aircraft cost of spreading.” http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200908/s2669609.htm

How much total damage there will be to Australian wheat is not clear at this point.

Jesus, of course, warned of pestilences and food shortages as a sign:

7…And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows (Matthew 24:7-8).

We are near the time of what Jesus referred to as “the beginning of sorrows”.

Some articles of possibly related interest may include:

Physical Preparation Scriptures for Christians. We all know the Bible prophecies famines. Should we do something?
Can the Great Tribulation Begin in 2009, 2010, or 2011? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before in the “beginning of sorrows”? What happens in the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord?
Anglo – America in Prophecy & the Lost Tribes of Israel Are the Americans, Canadians, British, Scottish, Welsh, Australians, Anglo-Southern Africans, and New Zealanders descendants of Joseph? Where are the lost ten-tribes of Israel? Who are the lost tribes of Israel? Will God punish the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, and other Anglo nations? Why might God allow them to be punished first?