Farming advocates say pig culling efforts need to be ramped up across New South Wales to disrupt the breeding cycle.

Animals, weighing more than 100 kilograms, have been spotted charging through paddocks, trashing crops and killing livestock.

Rural Reporter Georgia Kondek spoke with New South Wales Farmers President Xavier Martin who says numbers are exploding across the state and he wants the government to help bring numbers under control: 

Farming advocates say pig culling efforts need to be ramped up across New South Wales to disrupt the breeding cycle.
Animals, weighing more than 100 kilograms, have been spotted charging through paddocks, trashing crops and killing livestock.
Rural Reporter Georgia Kondek spoke with New South Wales Farmers President Xavier Martin who says numbers are exploding across the state and he wants the government to help bring numbers under control:

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