Valuing the absence of feral swine in the United States: A partial equilibrium approach

Authors

J. J. Holderieath, Louisiana Tech UniversityFollow
D. L. Pendell, Kansas State UniversityFollow
J. C. Hadrich, University of MinnesotaFollow
A. Anderson, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Resource CenterFollow
C. Slootmaker, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Resource Center
E. Harper, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Resource Center
S. A. Shwiff, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Resource CenterFollow

Date of this Version

2018

Citation

Crop Protection 112 (2018) 63–66

Comments

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd.

This document is a U.S. government work and is not subject to copyright in the United States.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.004

Abstract

Feral swine (also called wild pigs; Sus scrofa Linnaeus) are known to cause damage to crops among other types of property damage. This research addresses the lack of economic welfare estimates of wild pig imposed crop damages in the literature by estimating the value of wild pig removal with respect to five crops in nine southern U.S. states. An equilibrium displacement model was used to assess the changes in price and quantity that would result from eliminating damage to corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, and peanuts in these nine states. Changes in price and quantity were used to calculate the changes in producer and consumer welfare in both the short- and longrun. The total producer and consumer surplus gains were found to be $142 million in the short-run and $89 million in the long-run.