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Pocket gophers kill plants by eating roots.
They also push up large mounds of soil from their tunnels. One rodent can make 50 mounds a year, and its burrows can extend 240 metres. The pocket gopher's subterranean habits make control difficult. Elton Weich, a retired alfalfa grower from Nebraska, has designed a system that he claims is effective and relatively inexpensive. According to Weich, the pocket gophers' mounds of earth on the field should be addressed first.