By Treena Hein
Southwest Farm Press
Feral pigs are big – some weighing over 400 lbs – but the potential problem they pose for the US pork industry, ranchers and crop farmers is much bigger.
Feral pigs are now found across most US states and several Canadian provinces. In the US, they could number as many as 9 million at this point, and in Texas alone, at least 2.6 million.