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Landowners focus on biofuels, profits from woodsMissouri Missouri Farmers Union hosted a farm forestry workshop at National Forest Service Building near Doniphan on Oct. 10. Other sponsors included the National Farmers Union and Ozark Quality Hardwoods Cooperative, established in 2006 by Farmers Union members who operate a processing facility that kilns-dry milled hardwoods. Workshop participants included farmers, woodlot owners, forestry co-op members, educators and forestry advisers. "The session helped landowners learn about opportunities to use their forested acres for income and to network," said Russ Kremer, Missouri Farmers Union President. "This is one of the many ways Missouri Farmers Union works to help family farmers sustain and grow their individual operations and assist rural Missouri communities to re-energize in the competitive 21st century. Steve Paes, Missouri Department of Conservation resource forester, noted that about one-third of the state is forested and the volume of Missouri's growing wood stock continues to increase. John Tuttle, Missouri Department of Conservation director of forest products marketing stated, "Missouri landowners have the capacity to manage and turn their woodlots into sustainable, productive acres and earn farm income from processing and marketing tree trimming and harvest residues such as sawdust or making wood pellets, as well as developing other wood resources for renewable energy." Doug Enyart, a private forestry consultant, stressed the importance of forest stewardship certification to add value to Missouri's woods and wood products, increasing the market potential of woods. Jeff Moser, National Farmers Union Director of Economic and Co-op Development, Denver, Colo., highlighted strategies for woodlots profits and approaches to developing and using woody biomass. Moser identified ways for farmers to work with other woodlot owners for mutual economic, recreational, stewardship and cooperative benefits. 11/10/08 Date: 11/4/08 Advertisement
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