FOR-115: Agroforestry: Forest Farming

Deborah Hill | Aug. 11, 2009 (New)

Of all the techniques of agroforestry, forest farming is probably the one most useful to landowners in Kentucky. Most have some forestland, and many of those owners don't really "do" anything with that land, keeping it for wildlife habitat, recreation, or a possible timber sale if there is a sudden need for cash. However, with some professional help from a consultant forester or from the Kentucky Division of Forestry, forest landowners can implement something called timber stand improvement (TSI). Forest farming can be a part of that decision, if the landowner considers the options before starting the TSI operation.

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FOR-110: Non-Timber Forest Products and Agroforestry

Deborah Hill | Aug. 11, 2009 (New)

Agroforestry is the practice of integrating long-term tree crops with annual agronomic crops and/or livestock. This type of integrated agriculture has been successfully practiced for thousands of years in many parts of the world, especially in the tropics. Temperate regions have been a bit slower to adopt agroforestry practices, but in the past decade or so, there has been increasing interest in using agroforestry techniques in temperate countries around the world.

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FOR-113: Argoforestry: Silvopasture

Deborah Hill | Aug. 11, 2009 (New)

In the practice of silvopasture, you have three simultaneous crops: the tree crop, the forage crop, and the livestock crop. As with other agroforestry practices, if you plan to use biocides (pesticides, fungicides, insecticides) and/or chemical fertilizers, you must be sure that all of the component parts of the proposed system can tolerate the additives. Foresters have a long-standing attitude that cattle and trees do not mix (because of soil compaction and rubbing around and on the trees by the livestock), but in this case, you are intentionally putting them together, ideally for mutual benefit.

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FOR-116: Agroforestry: Christmas Trees

Deborah Hill | Aug. 11, 2009 (New)

Kentucky has always had a Christmas tree industry, although at a very small scale. The benefits of producing Christmas trees include guaranteed market every year, a short growing period relative to other tree crops, periodic intensive management (planting, shearing, marketing) but otherwise not much time required in management, and a good return on investment.

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FOR-111: Agroforestry: Alley Cropping

Deborah Hill | Aug. 11, 2009 (New)

Alley cropping is probably the most commonly used technique of agroforestry. It simply involves planting single or double lines of trees and/or shrubs intercropped with a wide "alley" of either row crops or pasture grasses. The width of the alley is determined by the size of the harvesting equipment needed for the crop grown in the alley.

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4DC-05PA: Insect Identification Guide for Senior 4-H Forestry Competition Training

Terry Conners | Apr. 20, 2009 (New)

This booklet was written to help Senior 4-H'ers preparing for the National 4-H Forestry competition held each year in Jackson's Mill, West Virginia. Flash cards and links to various external websites about individual insects' appearance and habitats are posted on the website for the national competition (http://www.aces.edu/n4hfi/page4.html), but no single document is available that summarizes the information that students need when they're beginning their studies. This booklet has been written to fill that gap.

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FOR-109: Timber Theft and Trespass

Jeff Stringer | Feb. 23, 2009 (Reprinted)

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FOR-108: Producing and Inspecting Railroad Crossties

Terry Conners | Mar. 14, 2008 (New)

Several types of structural wooden members are used in railroad track and related structures, but this article focuses on crossties--which are used to hold track in place at a defined gauge, or distance between rails--and their production and grading. This article describes what a good piece of wood looks like and how to recognize crossties with problems before they are placed in track. Understanding what tie inspectors look for will help tie producers make better ties and achieve a lower rate of tie rejection.

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PR-554: 2007 Nursery and Landscape Research Report

Bob Anderson, Sharon Bale, Chris Barton, Win Dunwell, Rick Durham, Bill Fountain, Richard Gates, Bob Geneve, John Hartman, Ken Haynes, Dewayne Ingram, Bob McNeil, Dan Potter, Lisa Vaillancourt, Richard Warner, Mark Williams, Tim Woods | Nov. 26, 2007 (New)

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FOR-89: Shiitake Production: Resources for Shiitake Growers

Deborah Hill, Marcella Szymanski | Jul. 10, 2007 (Minor Revision)