Pine Straw Production - Stand Management and Economics - Tifton
Tift County Ag Center – Conference Room, 1468 Carpenter Rd, Tifton, GA
Sponsored By: Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Date: Oct 02, 2018 08:00 AM to Oct 03, 2018 03:00 PM
We are sorry but this course has been cancelled due to low enrollment.
Brochure
Brochure with optional mail-in registration sheet
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, $80 million in 2008 –2011, to $60 million in 2012-2017. During the period from 1999 through 2017 pine chip-n-saw and sawtimber stumpage revenues in Georgia have declined by 25-45%. 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,.
• 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, 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, and others 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
Continuing Education Credits
Continuing Education Credits
- 12.5 Continuing Forestry Education (CFE) hours- Category 1 (approved)
- 12.5 Continuing Logger Education hours - Environment (approved)
- 4 hours Cat 23 Commercial and 2 hours Cat 10 private GA Pesticide Applicator credits (approved)
If you have any questions please contact James T. Johnson at 706-308-6396 or james.johnson26@uga.edu.
