By Wesley Gardner
LPR Editor
Caldwell County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a professional service agreement with Texas State University to assist with the county’s 2020 Feral Hog Abatement Program.
Officials have noted Caldwell County and its part…
“Because they can eat just about anything, and live just about anywhere, there’s no reason to suspect that the problem is ever going to slow down. It will just get worse.”
Read more...The Multi-county Feral Hog Management Workshop will be held from 1-7 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Atascosa County at 25 East 5th St., Leming,
T…
For millions of years, as pigs snorted and snuffed their way across the planet, evolving and learning to dodge gray wolves an…
The Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, will host a free Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program training from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 27 for area residents interested in …
Read more...Cass County is getting serious about its feral hog problem.
The county held a battle-like information room gathering for some 60 landowners Thursday night in Linden to go over both difficulties and solutions.
The potential environmental damage of t…
Read more...Spotting a feral pig can be tough.
While photographs from 2018 showed that feral swine that have recently exploded in population in Canada are only five miles from Montana's border, an aerial survey last year failed to find any of the hogs.
…Feral swine threatening to cross the northern border from Saskatchewan and Alberta could cause millions of dollars of crop damage and decimate ecosystems in Montana. State and U.S. agencies say they’re ready if that happens, but farmers and ranchers …
Read more...Neighbors using the NextDoor app said they've seen more of the hogs in the Great Hills area recently.
Read more...A wildlife specialist will discuss how landowners can help decrease Texas’s feral hog population during the 2019 South Texas Farm and Ranch Show.
Read more...Successful invasions of non-native pests, such as wild pigs in North America, may be linked to how they use the landscape around them.
Read more...Feral hogs have been tearing up Andy Smith’s ranch, costing the Llano County landowner thousands of dollars in feed for his cattle each year. At a nearby pecan grove, the hogs are eating up the profits and destroying the trees.
Read more...Crop land, golf courses, lawns: none are safe from feral hogs that Montana livestock officials say are poised to invade the state. Officials received reports several months ago that wild Canadian pigs were merely 6 miles from the Montana border.
Read more...AUSTIN – Feral hogs are so loathed by landowners in Texas for their habitat destroying behavior that beginning Sept. 1, you won’t even need a hunting license to pursue them on private property. That’s when a new law takes effect removing even more ob…
Read more...CORSICANA – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a Wild Pig Management Workshop for landowners and the public from 8:15 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 19 in Corsicana.
Read more...They go by many names – pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks – but whatever you call them, feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most damaging invasive species in North America. They cause millions of dollars in crop damage yearly and harbor dozens of path…
Read more...The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Matagorda County will host a wild hog workshop Aug. 8 in Bay City.
Read more...Province is urging people to report sightings of the animals.
Read more...The transport and release of live feral swine to new areas represents one of the biggest threats to feral swine (Sus scrofa) management. Only roughly half of all states currently prohibit the practice, which is most often done to establish new popula…
Read more...NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - A bill signed by Governor Greg Abbott has given more freedom to Texans battling the feral hog population. Previous laws restricted the circumstances when hogs could be hunted. Now, the rules have been changed.
Read more...When it comes to feral hogs, “the one that got away,” can create up to 50 new pigs, says a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension wildlife specialist.
Read more...No hunting license? No problem…at least when it comes to wild pigs (Sus scrofa). These exotic invaders continue to be a growing detriment to water quality, native species, habitat and agricultural production.
Read more...The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $75 million in funding is available for the eradication and control of feral swine through a new pilot program.
Read more...WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 – USDA announced today it is offering $75 million in funding for the eradication and control of feral swine through the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program (FSCP) in a joint effort with USDA’s Natural Resources…
Read more...Texans no longer need a license to kill wild hogs. On May 31, Governor Gregg Abbott signed a bill to allow people to kill feral hogs without a license.
Read more...DAWSON – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Tarrant Regional Water District, or TRWD, will conduct a Wild Pig Management Workshop for landowners and the public from 8:15 a.m.-2 p.m. June 27 in Dawson.
Read more...The rapid spread of wild pig populations across Canada could have serious implications for agriculture.
Read more...AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill loosening up freedom in Texans’ battle against the feral hog population.
Read more...Wild pigs and their damage are constantly being observed across Texas, but until recently, we didn’t have a reliable method of collecting information on wild pig numbers - where they were sighted and the extent of their damages. NRI’s wild pig repor…
Read more...EDMONTON — While Canadian provinces try to grapple with wild pigs wreaking havoc across the country, states in the northern U.S. are on guard against any swine that make an attempt to cross the 49th.
Read more...Maintaining the natural beauty of Long Acres Ranch is an ever-evolving task, and as many land and natural resource managers would say, an immersive experience. Some days end with a handshake with mother nature, but others leave a day’s worth of work …
Read more...It sounds like a bad horror movie. Canadian wild pigs are amassing at Montana’s northern border. It’s only a matter of time before they wander south and begin their destructive assault on everything from wildlife to agricultural fields and even archa…
Read more...Feral hogs have become a problem in Missouri and surrounding states over the past 20 years, conservation officials say.
Read more...The animals are known to feed on crops and push cattle away from feed.
Read more...'There is crop damage, disease transmission, even automobile crashes'
Read more...AUSTIN, TX (KLTV) - A bill loosening up freedom in Texans’ battle against the feral hog population is one step away from becoming law following the Texas House of Representatives’ approval Tuesday.
Read more...A lone feral swine shot and killed near Lyndonville in March tested positive for the pseudorabies virus, or PRV. The virus is harmless to humans but can be lethal to domestic pigs, other livestock and pets. And once a pig is infected with PRV, it can…
Read more...Under gray skies on a fall morning, Rick Clubb wears an expression of disbelief as he walks across 10 acres of strafe-bombed pasture and stares down at ground turned upside down overnight. Wild pigs have unleashed hell. Again. The field is flipped an…
Read more...DES ARC — Brad Parker is a farmer, but he doesn’t plant crops anymore.
He owns cattle and acres of land, but he refuses to grow beans like he used to — all because of feral hogs.
Feral swine don’t recognize boundaries. They’re devastating to U.S. agriculture. Some say they’re the world’s worst invasive alien species. And sadly, this problem isn’t going away.
Read more...The feral hog in the United States is an invasive and destructive species that has reached epidemic proportions. During the early part of the last century, sportsmen imported Russian boars into the United States as a species for hunting. These Eurasi…
Read more...DURANT, Oka. –Two years ago, Joel Tumblson was surveying the family’s 25-acre cantaloupe field and didn’t notice any usual activity. Three days later, after turning attention to another melon field that needed harvesting, he came back to find the ent…
Read more...LINCOLN — The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a Wild Pig Management Workshop for landowners May 7 in Lincoln. The free workshop will be from 8:15 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Lincoln Community Hall, 1066 Main Ave. On-site registration wil…
Read more...Although Liz Lamontine Buck has been celebrating Easter at Brazos Bend State Park for 22 years, Saturday marked a first for the Tomball resident. While on a bicycle ride at Brazos Bend, Buck spotted an 8- to 10-foot-long alligator feeding on a feral …
Read more...LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas’s growing battle with the overpopulating feral hog received a boost April 19 at the state Capitol when Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed Senate Bill 460 into law as Act 991 of the Arkansas General Assembly in front of members of the A…
Read more...Researchers say results from a new wild pigs survey in Texas will be analyzed by geography. The findings should be very helpful in determining specific areas needing wild pigs management.
Read more...Feral hogs have long been known in Missouri as an invasive species capable of mass destruction of agriculture. Their aggressive rooting can lay waste to a field in a single night, costing farmers dearly.
Read more...Producers from Florida to California hope a new 2018 farm bill pilot program will help reduce feral swine populations, which have caused billions in damage to farm and ranch land across at least 35 states.
Read more...State and federal agencies should remain vigilant and report sightings of sick or dead feral swine to their local USDA Wildlife Services Biologist (1-866-4-USDA-WS).
Read more...In the escalating battle against feral hogs, strategy makes all the difference.
Read more...Call them wild hogs or feral hogs. The invasive species does great damage in both rural and now urban Texas. Only the Legislature can enact control measures.
Read more...This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy went wee-wee-wee and rooted up all the crops. Mother Goose’s nursery rhyme may refer to innocent piglets with no ill will toward agriculture, but in the real world fer…
Read more...Spring has arrived and with it, a renewed effort to eradicate damage inflicted on crops, lawns and pastures done by feral hogs.
Both Hays and Caldwell county have seen extensive damage from the hogs, which are responsible for upwards of a half milli…
Read more...GREGG COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - First it was drought, then army worms, then too much rain. Now, hay producers and users are dealing with another threat to hay supplies across East Texas: feral hogs.
Read more...If you have noticed more feral hogs if your Houston area neighborhood recently, you are not alone. Neighbors across the Greater Houston report the wild animals are more frequently making their way into their subdivisions and streets, leaving properti…
Read more...USDA Wildlife Services: 'Call even if you're not sure.' Farmers and landowners, especially those in Pike County, should watch for and report suspected feral hogs, said Bradley Wilson with USDA Wildlife Services.
Read more...POTOSI, Mo. – Feral hogs are causing massive problems for farmers and others in multiple states including Missouri. An organized effort is underway in the Show Me State to try and wipe them out.
Read more...IRON COUNTY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and USDA Wildlife Services report government feral hog trappers experience difficulties with vandalism and trespassing at trapping sites. The public can help by educating others on fera…
Read more...WASHINGTON COUNTY, MO. • With final puffs of steamy breath coming from its slightly tusked snout, the second boar collapsed at the edge of the trap, right next to the other.
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That's right. NRI's wild pig experts are needed around the world—and more specifically, in Brazil.
Read more...Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) have gained quite a reputation for being aggressive towards humans and companion animals. A quick Google or YouTube search can easily lead one to believe these animals routinely grow to enormous sizes and will readily attack a…
Read more...The recent passage of the 2018 Farm Bill creates the largest single source of federal funding for private land conservation.
Read more...ATLANTA – A wild pig management program will be held Jan. 10 at the Cass County Expo Center, U.S. Highway N. in Atlanta.
Read more...COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, NRI, encourages landowners to report wild pig sightings and damage using a new first-of-its-kind online tool.
Read more...On a warm June day, a crew of MDC biologists traveled to document a population of Mead’s milkweed, an endangered plant.
Like other milkweeds, Mead’s serves as critical habitat for the monarch butterfly and other pollinators vitally important to agri…
Read more...In our latest issue, we discuss aerial gunning as a resource for wild pig control, gates and baits for wild pig trapping and what's currently trending!
Read more...A new feature on our website offers Texas landowners and homeowners an easy-to-use tool to report sightings of wild pigs and the damage that may have occurred. This new online reporting tool takes only a few minutes to capture data like location of s…
Read more...While the Missouri Department of Conservation's feral hog strike team is actively removing feral hogs from the Missouri landscape, they are not a huge problem in Central Missouri. "We have had a few requests for assistance in that area in the past, b…
Read more...The Bastrop County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a workshop on feral hog management Nov. 16 at the Rosanky Community Center, 135 Main St. in Rosanky. Workshop instructors will discuss how feral hogs impact the local community and th…
Read more...Feral hogs cause a lot of damage to farm land, but they also pose a threat to area water sources. Now, there is an effort underway to control the feral hog population in Nueces County. Nueces County and the Agricultural Extension Office have started …
Read more...COLLEGE STATION — The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Fisher County will host its Fall Field Day Nov. 6 at Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 1701 S. First St. in Roby.
Read more...Water quality levels in Oso Creek are constantly at risk of high levels of bacteria, primarily because the seven-mile waterway serves as a major runoff during heavy rains and other flooding events.
Read more...The Matagorda County Commissioners Court gave their approval for the county’s AgriLife Extension Office to file for a feral hog grant that will take aim at reducing its population in the county. Dr. Aaron Sumrall said the grant will be used to improv…
Read more...GEORGETOWN – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Williamson County will present a Feral Hog Program from 8 a.m. to noon on Nov. 8 in Georgetown.
Read more...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (KFVS) - An ongoing effort to trap and kill feral hogs in Missouri is making strides toward totaling eliminating the wild animal from the state.
Read more...We have three brand new wild pig videos on a variety of topics - check them out!
Read more...MENARD – The 2018 Menard County Range Workshop sponsored by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Menard County Soil and Water Conservation District is set for Oct. 3 at the Murchison/Whitehead Memorial Youth Complex, 190 W. U.S. Highw…
Read more...Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are a growing concern across the country, and, unfortunately, Texas seems to have the largest population over other states. Landowners, producers and others concerned with minimizing damages associated with this exotic species…
Read more...We Will Not Be Tamed ambassador Leon McNeill has been connecting children to nature for more than 20 years. His program, called City Kids Adventures, has been mentoring kids through outdoor experiences for more than 20 years. Thanks to the support of…
Read more...Over six years, Ryan Hubert, one of four U.S. Department of Agriculture feral swine biologists for Kansas, has removed over 1,000 wild hogs from his area stretching from Coffeyville to Elk City along the Oklahoma state line. During the Kansas State U…
Read more...SAN ANGELO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the Concho Valley Wild Pig Management Workshop on Sept. 12 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo.
Read more...Wild or feral hogs have been reported in all 75 counties in Arkansas, carrying disease and causing extensive damage to property. It’s an old problem in need of new solutions, because control and eradication is an expensive and time-intensive process.…
Read more...Farmers in Oklahoma are getting a helping hand from drones as they fight an unusual menace: the $2 billion problem posed by wild pigs.
Read more...The Summer Wild Pig Newsletter is here! In this issue we discuss the place unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have in wild pig management, the many functions of wallowing, and our brand new website!
Read more...If wild pigs could fly, Texas farmer Richard Beyer wishes they would travel far, far away. He grows corn, cotton, rice and grain sorghum along the Gulf Coast and estimates damage from feral swine can sometimes wipe out one-fifth of his crop.
Read more...Aerial hunting, and trapping have reduced the wild pig population from 3,000 to about 200 pigs in Oregon - more on this story from The Bulletin.
Read more...Hays County has launched a new program to help reduce the feral hog population after receiving a grant from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Wildlife Services to assist residents with feral hog management efforts.
Read more...SEGUIN — The Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Watershed Partnership will present a Feral Hog Workshop Aug. 10 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Guadalupe County, 210 E. Live Oak St., Seguin. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with…
Read more...Guadalupe County officials are addressing the county's wild pig problem by paying a bounty for wild pigs that are hunted.
Read more...Millions of wild pigs are in Texas, occupying nearly every single county in the state. Feral hog control involves aerial gunning, animal activated and now human activated trapping systems.
Read more...Almost four-thousand feral hogs have been eradicated in Missouri so far this year. Missouri Department of Conservation’s Bill White tells Brownfield they are partnering with USDA to reduce the risk of damage to farmland.
Read more...Missouri’s feral hog elimination efforts are producing encouraging numbers, but experts know there’s more work to be done.
Read more...They're called feral swine, wild boars, feral hogs and wild pigs. Farmers refer to them as the “rototillers” of nature. Found in at least 35 states with a population of more than 5 million, feral swine cause at least $1.5 billion in damages and contr…
Read more...For nearly six years Bastrop County’s feral hog abatement program, or the “county bounty,” has been paying landowners and hunters $5 for every hog tail submitted to a county check station.
Read more...Feral hog trapping, soybean performance in the Blacklands, pecan tree management and the latest farm bill information will all be discussed at the Stiles Farm Field Day scheduled June 19 in Thrall.
Read more...The Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Watershed Partnership is hosting a Lone Star Healthy Streams Workshop May 24 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Guadalupe County, 210 E. Live Oak St., Seguin.
In a special report by Landon McBride of KFDX 3 News, NRI's Extension Associate Josh Helcel is interviewed about the severe feral hog problem in the state of Texas.
Read more...Farmers, ranchers, and experts from around the state of Texas came together to discuss how to fight growing wild hog population.
Read more...Havasu National Wildlife Refuge was established by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. Feral swine are a hazard to the threatened, endangered, and native wildlife species of the refug…
Read more...In this issue, readers will learn about the effects of abatement efforts on wild pig behavior, the impact wild pigs have on water quality, and get the opportunity to read trending articles and much more!
Read more...Marksman’s unique job helps control an invasive species that threatens other wildlife - Codey Elrod has a unique position as a hog control technician for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources where his work helps protect the endangered loggerhe…
Read more...Texas is home to the largest feral hog population in the United States, with an estimated 4 million hogs statewide. The Houston Chronicle shares local land owners' difficulty with wild pigs and resources from Texas A&M AgriLife.
Read more...The question posed in the title may at first seem obvious. How could a group of animals that literally have the word “wild” as part of their name not be classified as wildlife? In Texas at least, the correct answer may surprise you.
Read more...Last week, crews from the Arkansas and Tennessee/Kentucky U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, in cooperation with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Missouri Department of Conser…
Professionals from several agencies around the country talked about the Feral Swine issue, an NRCS pilot project, and problems caused by wild pigs.
Read more...Join the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) for its upcoming interactive Wild Webcast on feral hogs on Wednesday, March 21, from noon to 1 p.m.
Read more...The Texas Water Resources Institute’s Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program will host a free workshop from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. March 1 in Conroe for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in the San Jacinto River …
Fort Bend County feral swine damage is an ongoing and increasing issue among our producers, and landowners. Thousands of undeveloped acreage in the county is allowing feral hogs to reproduce at an uncontrollable rate.
Read more...Texas happens to be home to most of the nation’s feral pigs, according to a publication focused on farmers and ranchers in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Really all of that for Texas by its lonesome? We wondered.
This publication provides science-based information on the history and distribution of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in the United States and how these animals negatively impact water quality.
Read more...The scene a Montague rancher and businessman saw in Denton this week may have surprised many people, but not Don Gresham.
The Gregg County AgriLIfe Extension Agency is warning people who hunt feral hogs to pay extra attention if you plan on eating them, after a green substance was found embedded in the fat of a few hogs in Texas.
Read more...Dr. Bronson Strickland with the MSU Extension Service explores why winter is the best time of the year to try to trap wild pigs.
Read more...Read up on associate director Jim Cathey's insight for The Eagle on College Station's feral hog residents—some of Texas' most formidable foes have taken their destructive tendencies to the College Station Memorial Cemetery and Aggie Field of Honor.
Read more...Starting this year, a new federal test program will introduce a new poison bait to help eradicate the wild pig populations.
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