August
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24Aug.
AgriLife Extension sets Concho Valley Wild Pig Management Workshop Sept. 12 in San Angelo
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.
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17Aug.
AGCAST: Facing the Feral Hog Problem
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.…
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15Aug.
Fighting pigs from the sky: Drones to help farmers trap feral swine under FAA program
Farmers in Oklahoma are getting a helping hand from drones as they fight an unusual menace: the $2 billion problem posed by wild pigs.
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8Aug.
New Summer Wild Pig Newsletter
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!
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3Aug.
Feral hogs cause up to $2.5 billion in damage a year, so the government is boosting efforts to fight them
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.
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