Source: Elizabeth Friend, WUNC, 8/5/21


John Hendrix knows what it’s like to fight an uphill battle against an invasive species. “About eight years ago, these hogs started showing up,” said Hendrix, a farmer who lives in the Taylors Bridge community of Sampson County in southeastern North Carolina. “And they were rooting up fields of corn ... Last year, I lost five acres in one field, and my neighbor lost probably 10 acres in one field.” Sampson County farmer John Hendrix spoke at a Feral Swine Town Hall over the summer. He is concerned about the impact of the swine on the farming community. Hendrix is pictured above in a new report from the N.C. Farm Bureau.

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