by - May 21, 2023 9:05 pm
No one knows for sure when swine were first brought to the New World, but it’s believed that Spanish explorers and settlers brought pigs as a food source. When some…
by - March 1, 2023 9:25 am
Feral swine causes more than $1.5 billion in damage to agriculture fields around the country each year. In Arkansas, it is estimated that the damage is about $19 million annually….
by - May 23, 2022 8:13 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture will receive $650,000 in federal funds to aid in its feral hog eradication efforts. The money will come from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022….
by - April 13, 2021 9:33 am
As planting season begins in Arkansas, feral hogs continue to do damage and the cost is difficult to quantify. Most damage estimates, however, include only the crop itself, said Jennifer…
by - March 23, 2021 2:07 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed many human activities, but it hasn’t stopped feral hogs from reproducing and causing damage to agriculture fields throughout the state. During 2021, the Cooperative Extension…
by - December 16, 2019 5:50 pm
Feral hogs are a major concern for the state’s agriculture industry and a new program to stop the spread of these wild pigs has a coordinator. The Arkansas Department of…
by - November 26, 2019 8:57 am
Feral hogs have become a more significant problem in Arkansas during the last several years and now the federal government is providing funds to tackle the problem. The U.S. Department…
by - June 17, 2019 5:14 pm
Feral hogs have been a problem for Arkansas landowners in recent years and another step has been taken to remove the unwanted and sometimes dangerous wildlife. The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s…
by - July 2, 2018 6:08 pm
An anonymous reporting system has also been established to help measure feral hog removal efforts taking place in Arkansas and to help better estimate the state’s feral hog population, according…
