Jan 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
Along a rural stretch of State Road 100 in Putnam County, heavy machinery rumbles across swaths of land, downing scrawny trees and dragging them by the bunch to a chipper. Seconds later, that machine spits out a stream of wood chips into the back of a semi-trailer. It...
Jan 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
Ralph Stewart Logging LLC plans to open a pine log export facility on 12 acres at the old Louisiana Scrap Metal yard in West Baton Rouge Parish. The company paid $1.75 million for the property at the intersection of La. 1 and Airline Highway. The facility will stage...
Dec 20, 2013 | News, News/PR
Mississippi’s top two agricultural commodities – poultry and forestry – maintained their strength in 2013, but most agronomic crop values took a hit from significantly lower prices than those earned in 2012. John Michael Riley, agricultural economist with the...
Dec 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
Conservation groups reached an agreement with the Forest Service that will allow the agency to move forward with the controversial Courthouse Creek timber sale. The agreement reduces the size of the timber sale, removing logging from significant ecological areas and...
Dec 16, 2013 | News, News/PR
A country girl who grew up loving the great outdoors, Linda Casey, retiring Alabama State Forester, majored in forestry and wildlife management at Virginia Tech and had her eyes set on a career in one of those fields. When she told friends that was her goal after...
Dec 13, 2013 | News, News/PR
The future of Southern U.S. forests depends in large part on decisions made today by family forest owners, who account for 62 percent of privately owned forestland in the region. To help promote responsible forestry among this crucial group, the Sustainable Forestry...
