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Pine Straw Production - Stand Management and Economics

Bulloch County Ag Center – Conference Room, 151 Langston Chapel Rd, Statesboro, GA

Date: Oct 11, 2016 08:00 AM to Oct 12, 2016 03:00 AM

Brochure

Brochure with mail-in reg form and course agenda

 

Purpose
Revenues for pine straw paid to forest landowners in Georgia have increased from an estimated $15.5 million in 1999, to $25 million in 2003, $50 million in 2007, and $80 million in 2008 –2011 to $60 million in 2012-2015. During the period from 1999 through 2015 stumpage revenues in Georgia have declined by roughly 35%. Many forest landowners and land managers are interested in managing their loblolly, longleaf, or slash pine stands for pine straw. This course will provide information necessary to effectively mange pine stands for pine straw.

Participants will:

• Learn about pine straw yields by species, site quality, land-use history, and basal area.
• Review cut-over and old-field pine straw studies, as well as other factors that affect pine straw yields.
• Learn how the effect of pine straw raking (semiannual, annual, periodic and raking method) relates to soil moisture status, nutrient
cycling, stand growth, added stress factors, and understory vegetation.
• Learn the effect of fertilization on pine straw yields on cut-over and old-field sites.
• Learn how to use diagnostic tools and soils information to determine fertilizer needs and recommendations.
• Learn herbicides that can be used in pine stands to control unwanted vegetation and herbicides that are grass friendly
• Learn how to control invasive exotic species.
• Learn management alternatives to moving a cut-over pine stand into pine straw production, hear about sequencing fertilizer and herbicide use, practices to ready a stand prior to the first rake, and discuss the economics of pine straw in overall pine stand management.

How One Will Benefit
Upon completion of this course, a forest landowner or land manager will be able to make effective silvicultural and economical management decisions on managing loblolly, slash, and longleaf stands for pine straw.

Who Should Attend?
Foresters, land managers, forest landowners, pine straw contractors, andothers interested in effectively managing their pine stand for pine straw.

Instructors
Dr. David Dickens – Professor of Forest Productivity UGA-WSF&NR
Dr. Dave Moorhead – Professor of Silviculture UGA-WSF&NR
Dr. Dave Coyle—Forest Health Specialist—So. Region Ext. Forestry

Cancellations
Notify Ingvar Elle at 706-583-0566 (ielle@warnell.uga.edu) by 5:00 p.m. Oct 1, 2016 to receive a refund.

Directions
For directions we suggest using googlemaps.com. You may also contact David Dickens 912-690-1678 or e-mail him at ddickens@uga.edu .

Special Needs
For special services or dietary considerations contact David Dickens at 912-690-1678 or e-mail him at ddickens@uga.edu prior to October 11, 2016.

Hotels in the Area Include:
Baymont Hotel (912-489-7368)
Holiday Inn (912-489-4545)
Hampton Inn (912-681-7700)
LaQuita Inn (912-871-2525)
Quality Inn (912-489-3995)

Continuing Education Credits

  • 12.0 Continuing Forestry Education (CFE) hours- Category 1 (approved)
  • 12.0 Continuing Logger Education hours - Environment (approved)
  • Pesticide Applicator credits for GA (applied for)

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If you have any questions please contact James T. Johnson at 706-308-6396 or james.johnson26@uga.edu.

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