“My wife, Amy, and I have a farm in Nebraska, 105 acres. Through the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program, we put some in grassland and maintain it for wildlife and to control erosion. We also have a high concentration of trees; a lot of walnut, elm, ash, and more. In keeping with our conservation plan, I’ve started […]
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Mike Trial has recently been named Missouri’s Tree Farmer of the Year. He manages 2,000 eastern black walnut trees on his 147-acre tree farm. Mike tells us it’s a small operation and that’s the way he wants it. The goal is to pay the taxes. “There’s no market for small quantities of black walnut sawlogs,”
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“My cousin, Nathan Stewart, and I are in the wood business together. I started this as a commercial firewood business but it’s evolved and grown into making and selling slabs, furniture, and kindling. We’re sawing for ourselves and others. And we’re still processing and selling firewood. There’s a real value-added aspect to what we do.
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Missouri’s Department of Conservation recently purchased a TimberKing 2000 Sawmill. We wanted to know how they planned to put it to work. We called Mike Morris, Forest Products Supervisor at the Missouri State Offices, and got the inside story…“Missouri is an interesting and diverse state. We have everything from rural to urban environments, everything from
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