Sep 14, 2018 | News, News/PR
The newest timber harvesting and production equipment will be booming at the biennial Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show in Starkville on September 21-22. The show, which is the longest-running, live, in-woods demonstration of forestry equipment in the nation, is in...
Jan 12, 2018 | News, News/PR
Despite a slow housing market and other lingering effects of the recession, Mississippi’s forests remain the state’s second most valuable agricultural commodity for 2017. John Auel, an assistant Extension professor of forestry at Mississippi State University,...
Jul 16, 2014 | News, News/PR
A Mississippi State University undergraduate has furthered research on the flammability of hardwood forests. The Association of Fire Ecology recently honored senior forestry major Zach Senneff of Caledonia for that research with the Harold Weaver Undergraduate Student...
Jun 20, 2014 | News, News/PR
As the first woman to win the Mississippi Forestry Association Tree Farmer of the Year award, Patrice O’Brien is a testament to the impact women make on the agricultural industry. O’Brien jumped feet-first into the agriculture business when her father passed away in...
Apr 14, 2014 | News, News/PR
Mississippi State University scientists have created a new software program to help foresters and landowners manage hardwood timber. Emily Schultz and Tom Matney, forestry professors in the MSU Forest and Wildlife Research Center, developed the software and user’s...