feral hogs

The 2018 Farm Bill allocated $75 million to the Feral Swine Eradication Program, to reduce the billions of dollars in annual damage caused by wild hogs. But the program's funding expired this month, leaving farmers in Missouri and across the country battling these destructive animals without the added funding.

Feral hogs are a problem in southeast Missouri and the Missouri Department of Conservation is working with the U. S. Department of Agriculture to trap and…

The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge near Puxico will be closed for one day this week or next while aerial sharpshooters kill off feral pigs.The MDC will…