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Making sense of Kaput, dollars and not much sense
By Andy Anderson
Texas Agricultural Commissioner, Sid Miller, recently announced the approval for the use of poison in the fight against the feral hogs in Texas. With recent agricultural damage estimated at about $50 million annually, there is a lot of incentive to find a solution.
Currently the State of Texas lists the feral hog as an invasive species. Texas Parks and Wildlife lists the feral hog as an exotic animal, meaning there are no restrictions in hunting them. The feral hog is a highly sought after animal that is hunted in a variety of ways. During the day and at night hunters use thermal and night vision, using dogs to locate and catch them. They are trapped in large numbers and dispatched in larger numbers from the air using helicopters.
There are buying stations throughout Texas that buy the trapped hogs for use in dog food or exported as a delicacy. The feral hog, regardless of its invasiveness and damage, is a highly intelligent adversary that’s both respected and hated.
Ranchers and farmers despise the feral hog for the damage they cause to crops and range land, fences, roads and water sources. Anyone who has been in a tractor bailing hay and has run into an unsuspecting area where hogs have rooted up instantly develops an intense hatred for pigs.
Kaput Hog Bait, manufactured by Scimetrics, is a Warfarin based product, similar to rat poison. Warfarin is also approved and used as a medication in humans for a variety of illness. However, Warfarin in certain doses or from long term exposure can result in death or serious injury to humans. The same goes for feral hogs.
The EPA warning label for Kaput is “CAUTION,” which means low toxicity or a category III toxic substance. Category III Toxicity to humans means a person will have to ingest and/or be exposed to certain levels of the substance to be harmful, cause injury or death. Warfarin also interacts with other medications a person maybe taking.
To read more pick up a copy of the April 2017 NTFR issue. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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