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and should consider using that opportunity as a step towards improving their land.”
SFI says about 2-million private, non-industrial landowners in the 13 Southern states own 74 per cent of the commercial forest land. Poorly planned cutting practices could have detrimental affects on that forest base which is needed for the nation’s wood and paper products in the future.
“If the South is to produce 55 per cent of the nation’s wood supply by the year 2020 as is projected, private landowners need to begin understanding and practicing forestry,” said Smith. “Past experience shows most landowners know about cotton, corn and soybeans, but little about growing trees as a repeated crop.’V
Smith concluded, “The best advice I can give a landowner is to seek advice from professional foresters before cutting for any market, and especially the firewood market with its enticement of quick profits.”
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