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Feral swine discussion (from other thread)
Actually there are almost no pig farmers left in Texas after the 80s pig market dropout. They thing that happened when people were trapping and selling hogs to slaughterhouses was that the price of pork dropped drastically. Did this affect the pig farmer? Not as much as you would think. The price the pigs themselves brought dropped by very little per pound, however the consumer end prices dropped quite a bit. Remember pork doesn't keep very long, and because of all the vastly different ethnicities it has a more limited market than you would think in some places. Bacon prices stayed pretty steady through it all, and so did pork chops, etc. However ham, pork sausage and pork shoulders (blade in) dropped DRASTICALLY at the market.
Feral hogs have a very much wild taste (and the old very big ones can be MUSTY as all get out) however you can remove ALL the wild taste from a feral hog by feeding it nothing but corn for a couple of weeks. Which is one of the reasons the price didn't take a drastic dip. Farm raised hogs don't HAVE to be feed corn before slaughter, ferals do (unless you are specifically selling to a market that wants the "wild hog" taste.
I will attach some maps I found at http://128.192.20.53/nfsms/index.jsp
GoodOlBoy
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