Walgett Shire Council mayor Jason Ramien has developed a new routine in the morning - and it's not out of choice, it's swerving around feral pigs on the road.

"Just the other day, I hit one," he said. "They are everywhere in the mornings".

Clr Ramien said the populations in his shire have "exploded".

He believes the population is moving out from the west because of the increasingly dry weather.

Bourke Shire Council mayor Barry Holman says Bourke and its surrounds have the same problem - pigs, pigs, and more pigs.

"They are out of control," he said "I guess when you think they 10-12 piglets, it's not surprising, but the numbers have exploded".

It is indeed drier, hotter conditions that are believed to be moving feral pigs to areas where they can find water sources. But preceding that, water conditions meant numbers increased, and feral pigs had a strong breeding season.

Across the country, feral pigs have increased three-fold and made their way into new territories across central and western NSW.

To combat the problem, the NSW government announced the state's first Feral Pig Co-ordinator ready to roll out a boosted $13 million control program to support farmers.

NSW's new feral pig co-ordinator Bec Gray.

Wee Waa's Bec Gray has been appointed as the NSW feral pig coordinator.

She will lead the campaign, including aerial shootings and the double-down on "feral pig hotspots" across Riverina, northwest, and western NSW.

Clr's Ramien and Holman welcomed the creation of a feral pig coordinator and the new money which will see free treatment of landholder grain for baiting and more aerial spraying campaigns.

But the NSW Farmers Federation says more than $13 million is needed to deal with the scale of the problem.

"It's only a start. There's a lot of things they could be doing," NSW Farmers Federation spokesperson David Scilley told the Western Plains App.

He said he believes the government should place a bounty on pigs to incentivize more culling.

A spokesperson for the NSW Farmers Federation says a bounty should be placed on pigs to encourage more hunting. Image: Inland Hunting Properties

"$13 million is a pittance," he said. "The thing that really needs to be considered is to lift a ban on using feral pigs for meat. I don't see why we can't use them for pet meat."