Farm & Agricultural Pest Control and Biosecurity
Rodent Control, Proofing & Documented Biosecurity for Farms, Poultry Units & Estates Across the Three Counties
Rooted in a Rural Region
Based in the heart of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, we understand rural businesses — and the particular pest and biosecurity challenges that farms, poultry units, livestock premises and estates face. Uncontrolled rodents on an agricultural site aren’t just eating feed and damaging buildings; they’re a recognised disease risk and a weak point in your biosecurity. At Malvern Pest Control, we provide professional farm and agricultural pest control as part of our wider commercial pest control service — built around the documented control and proofing that biosecurity depends on.
Rodents Are a Biosecurity Risk, Not Just a Pest
Official biosecurity guidance treats rodents as disease carriers to be kept out. Rats and mice can carry pathogens on their bodies and in their droppings, moving between wild areas, feed stores and animal housing — exactly the kind of movement biosecurity is designed to stop. On poultry and livestock sites they also contaminate feed and water, damage structures and wiring, and undermine the cleaning and disinfection routines biosecurity relies on. However good the rest of your measures are, uncontrolled rodents are a hole in them.
Rodent Control Is Part of the Biosecurity Rulebook
This isn’t only good practice — it’s built into official guidance. DEFRA’s bird flu biosecurity advice specifically calls for keeping feed and water in covered areas that wild birds and rodents cannot access, and for effective vermin control as a core measure. Poultry assurance and compartment standards likewise require that housing prevents entry of disease carriers such as rodents. If your site is inspected or audited, a documented, professional rodent control programme is part of showing you take biosecurity seriously.
Check the Current Rules for Your Area
Avian influenza controls change through the year — prevention zones, housing measures and disease control zones are introduced and lifted as risk shifts, and requirements vary by area. Always check the current position for your site on the official GOV.UK bird flu guidance Whatever the current status, strong, year-round biosecurity — including vermin control — is always advised. Low risk doesn’t mean no risk.
What Good Farm Rodent Control Looks Like
Effective agricultural rodent control goes well beyond putting down bait. A proper programme includes:
A site survey and risk assessment across buildings, feed stores, runs and the wider site.
Rodent-proofing of buildings — sealing gaps and denying access to feed and housing.
Habitat and environmental management to reduce the shelter and food that draw rodents in.
Monitoring and targeted, CRRU-compliant control — rodenticides only where needed, alongside trapping and exclusion.
Documented records of surveys, actions and monitoring — the paper trail your biosecurity and any assurance scheme requires.
Why Proofing and Documentation Matter Most
Two things separate a biosecurity-grade programme from a bag of bait. First, proofing: keeping rodents out at source is far more effective — and more defensible — than repeatedly poisoning a population that keeps returning. Second, documentation: biosecurity is about being able to show what you do, not just do it. A professional programme gives you both, turning rodent control into evidence of due diligence.
The Pests We Manage on Rural Sites
Alongside rat control and mouse control, we handle the wider range of pests rural premises face, including moles, squirrels, wasps and hornets, and birds around farm buildings. We tailor the programme to your site and your biosecurity needs.
Why Rural Businesses Choose Malvern Pest Control
BPCA-member, CRRU-compliant, qualified and insured — responsible, documented control.
Local and rural — we know the region’s farms, estates and countryside.
Proofing-first, prevention-led approach — not just reactive baiting.
Documented records that support your biosecurity and any inspection or assurance requirement.
Honest, practical advice suited to working agricultural sites.
Serving Farms & Estates Across the Three Counties
We work with farms, poultry units, livestock premises and estates across Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, including the countryside around Ledbury, Malvern, Upton-upon-Severn, Pershore and the wider rural region.
Strengthen Your Biosecurity Before You Need To
Rodent control is one of the most cost-effective biosecurity investments a farm or poultry unit can make — and the best time to get it in place is before a disease-risk period, not during one. Contact Malvern Pest Control today for a site survey and a no-obligation quote, and make documented rodent control a solid part of your biosecurity.