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Crews disproportionately made of young, Mexican men bale pine straw by hand. They're not always fairly compensated.
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Pine straw provides nutrients to the forest floor as it degrades. Landowners must replace what they take.
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Pine producers looking to diversify their streams of revenue have a "gimme": the dead needles that cover the forest floor.
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Florida’s timber industry remains amid tons of strewn trees from Hurricane Michael as talks continue over the distribution of a $380 million…
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Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says hemp farming in the Panhandle could bring relief from the billion and a half dollar hit to the region’s timber...
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says nearly half a billion dollars from the federal government will help Florida timber growers recover from the impacts of Hurricane…