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,...
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...
Nov 22, 2013 | News, News/PR
Scientists at Mississippi State University are transforming a piece of property in Oktibbeha County into a unique habitat for conducting research and teaching best land management practices. In this forest, wildlife habitat and timber production are intertwined. Deer,...
Oct 4, 2013 | News, News/PR
A world leader in paper and building products manufacturing is praising Mississippi State as a top producer of the company’s new employees. Georgia-Pacific recently recognized the university as its No. 1 generator of total new hires from institutions of higher...
Dec 21, 2012 | News, News/PR
An 8 percent increase in a billion-dollar industry is significant, but timber still fell from its long-held second place spot on Mississippi’s agricultural commodity list. James Henderson, assistant forestry professor with Mississippi State University’s Extension...
