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 long-run. The total producer and consumer surplus gains were found to be $142 million in the short-run and $89 million in the long-run.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 63-66 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Crop Protection |
Volume | 112 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords
- Consumer surplus
- Crop damage
- Equilibrium displacement model
- Feral swine
- Producer surplus
- Wild pigs