Considering conservation buffers on your land? The USDA has 250,000 or more buffer contracts with about 160,000 farms and ranches.
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Timber that has commercial value as determined by local standards and local buyers is referred to as merchantable timber (“merch”).
One of the most discouraging events on a farm is the untimely death of an animal. Whether it’s a humble chicken or a favorite horse, the landowner...
We’ve been in the time of hay for more than a month. This is the hot center cut of summer, that slab of days when each breath breaks a sweat.
As I write this at the end of the first week in June, the cost estimates to clean up the BP oil-blowout and compensate for damage are over...
I have nothing but respect and affection for state crews who maintain public roads, summer and winter. I don’t feel the same toward certain road...
I am a nonpoint-source (NPS) polluter. Everyone I know -- and everyone I see around here, everyone -- is just like me.
Over the years, I’ve become less enthusiastic about conservation easements as they apply to timberland.
A number of timberland owners now find themselves in a pickle like this: They need to get some cash out of their timberland, but don’t want to...
You may have heard something about BCAP (pronounced, bee-cap). BCAP stands for Biomass Crop Assistance Program.