Plagues of field mice decimating crops, say German farmers
Estimated 300,000 acres stripped bare by rodents and now browning in heatwave. Farmers say that the field mice have been tunnelling under fields and gnawing at the roots of crops. Photograph: Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Large swathes of Germany’s farmland are being decimated by plagues of field mice leading to significant crop loss, according to…