The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in cooperation with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is surveying U.S. crop producers to measure the impact feral swine have on their crops and livestock. Feral swine are an invasive species that eat and destroy many field crops, such as corn, milo (sorghum), and rice. They also prey upon young livestock and other small animals. The animals are known to carry numerous diseases that are transferable to livestock, humans, pets and wildlife. Producers in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas will be contacted to participate in the survey. This is the first survey conducted by USDA to determine the extent of feral swine damage. Learn more…
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