Has your farm or forestland been in your family continuously for at least 100 years? Does it have at least 20 acres of the original founder's land? And is it owned by at least one Louisiana resident? That might be just what the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry is looking for as it accepts applications for the Louisiana Century Farm Program, which recognizes and honors Louisiana farmers, ranchers and forestry landowners who have owned family farmland for 100 year

Landowners go to forestry meetings and they keep hearing a term used ... “basal area” and they wonder, “What in the world is Basal Area?” Basal Area, or BA, is a common term used to describe the average amount of an area, commonly an acre, which is occupied by tree stems. In other words, how much of the area of one acre is taken up in trees. One way to describe what this looks like is to take a very sharp knife and slice off all the trees at DBH. Oh, there’s another term fore

Forisk Consulting is offering a live Zoom webinar on 2022 Timber Market Analysis Class from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern time (9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Central Time) Nov. 16 and 17. Forisk Consulting, whose president and CEO is Brooks Mendell, Ph.D., has been a regular guest speaker and LFA events, will be featured at the two-day webinar, along with Amanda Lang and Shawn Baker. Topics include Timber Market Frameworks, Defining "Operable" and "Analyzable" Markets, Baselining Wood D

Manufacturing Day will be celebrated at Central Louisiana Technical & Community College campus by demonstrating what the college has to offer to help train students in trade skills for jobs that pay well and are in high demand. The CLTCC Mobile Lab Tour at the campus can be used by students to see the simulators for each program. Campus tours also will be offered to anyone interested. CLTCC instructors and staff will be available to answer questions. Download the flier for m

Technology has aided forestry for years, especially when performing prescribed burning to keep fuels on forest floors from building up to dangerous levels. Now, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is using technology of unmanned aircraft in hopes to save lives during those operations. A USFS firefighter was killed in a helicopter crash while working a prescribed fire operation in Sam Houston National Forest three years ago in Texas. The pilot hired to fly the aircraft and a second

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) changed its rules Feb. 7, 2022, and now require that new truck drivers take additional training before obtaining their Commercial Drivers License (CDL). According to the FMCSA information online, drivers seeking a Class A or Class B CDL, passenger endorsement or a school bus endorsement must complete entry-level driver training, which includes theory and behind-the-wheel instruction. This includes all log truck drivers. FMCS