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Feral Swine Coordinator

The Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District is hiring a Feral Swine Coordinator! Apply by March 31.

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Crop Damage Assessment

Drone flights can be easy, quick, and informative. Drones can be utilized for a wide variety of uses, including crop damage detection, damage to equipment, assessing crop health, and much more! Justine Smith, a wildlife ecology graduate student from the University of Georgia, is working on a study with the Jones Center at Ichauway to observe changes in wild pig damage to crops as reduction methods are implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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USDA to Measure Feral Swine Damage to Southern Farmers and Ranchers

June 27, 2022 (ATHENS, GA) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is conducting a Feral Swine Damage survey to measure the costs of feral swine damage to crop operations.

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The Judas Technique

The current feral swine population in the United States may exceed six million individuals across at least 35 states. The annual damage and control costs are more than $1.5 billion, and $150 million for Georgia alone in 2014.

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Feral Swine Diseases

Feral swine are best known for their destruction to agriculture, such as row crops, forestry, livestock, and pastures. However, they also cause great risks to health and safety by harboring and transmitting diseases. They are known to carry or transmit at least 30 diseases (viral and bacterial) as well as host a minimum of 37 parasites that can affect humans, pets, wildlife, and livestock.