Thanks to funding through the 2018 Farm Bill, the Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee (ASWCC) has launched a program to help property owners in certain areas of Alabama control feral swine. The Alabama Feral Swine Control Program, funded by a grant through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), allowed ASWCC to launch a three-year …
Alabama in Pilot Project to Control Feral Swine
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week they are investing $11.65 million in 14 projects to help agricultural producers and private landowners trap and control feral swine as part of the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program. This investment expands the pilot program to new projects in various states, including Alabama. This program is a joint effort …
Agri View: Wild Hog Eradication Efforts
Everett Griner talks about wild hog eradication in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses what the Farm Bureau groups are doing to help with the feral hog problem. Wild Hog Eradication Efforts I keep talking about this wild hog problem because, well, it keeps growing. Nothing tried, up until now, have been very effective. That only makes state, and federal, official …
Agri View: Feral Hog Fight
Everett Griner talks about the feral hog fight that has grown to 38 states in today’s Agri View. With all of the research and technology, everything we have done has done little to solve a problem that is still spreading across our country — feral hogs. I get a report from a different state just about every month. …
Rising Control Cost
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