Chinese chestnuts show potential as a Missouri orchard crop.
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Pining for Economic Opportunity
Pine straw can be great mulch and boost for Missouri landowners
Research at the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center (HARC) could yield new a new crop for Missouri landowners.
Return to the Forest
Dusty Walter named superintendent at the Hugo Wurdack Research Center and director of natural resources management for CAFNR's out-state research center network
Dusty Walter tapped as the natural resources manager for CAFNR’s research center network and superintendent of the Hugo Wurdack Research Center. The Columbia, Mo. native brings creative approaches to integrating agriculture and forestry.
What Are Trees Worth?
Establishing a timber tax basis can save money
Timber is usually taxed as a long-term capital gain, so landowners can subtract their cost basis when figuring tax liability. But if landowners don’t have this basis, they have to pay tax on the full amount of the sale.
Fueling the future
The Center for Agroforestry helps a biobased economy take root in the Midwest
Shibu Jose, director of MU’s Center for Agroforestry, envisions a 10-state biomass corridor that could fuel economic growth, power vehicles and jet planes and provide valuable ecosystem services throughout the region.
Wurdack Field Day offers forage and silvopasture research, honors a friend
The 2011 Field Day season concluded at Wurdack Research Center, Crawford County, with presentations on silvopasture, how to improve forage quality, and deal with changes in the cattle market. Attendees also saw the dedication of the Munson Education Building.