Outback graziers hope approach to tackle mesquite weed infestation is effective

His son jokingly calls him “the Pablo Escobar of weeds”, but outback graziers are seriously hoping Mark Facer will be able to help them.

As an infestation of the pervasive mesquite tree spreads through far west New South Wales, pastoralists have called in the man who has been tackling weeds for…