Agricultural authorities in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, a major center for the country's grain production, have initiated a program of rodent control that is expected to save 375,000 tonnes of grain this year.

Workers will undertake rodent exterminating measures across 667,000 hectares of farmland in 40 counties, cities and districts, where rice, corn and soybean are mainly produced, according to the deratization program issued by the provincial agricultural department on Wednesday.

Specific measures include spraying ecology-friendly rodenticide, placing traps and attracting the vermin's natural enemies such as eagles.

Highly toxic rodenticide will be prohibited under the program, however.

With these measures, farmers are expected to save grain worth about 750 million yuan (118 million U.S. dollars).

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