Green Horizons

September 14: MU Southwest Center Field Day. Mount Vernon, MO. Forestry presentations on selling timber and forest health. For more information, go to http://aes.missouri.edu/swcenter/.

September 22: MU South Farm Showcase. Columbia, MO. For more information, go to http://cafnr.missouri.edu/aes/southfarm/.

October 5: MU Wurdack Farm Field Day. Cook Station, MO. See a live demonstration of a Baker portable sawmill, and learn the latest hardwood and pine silvopasture research developments. For more information, go to http://aes.missouri.edu/wurdack/.

October 5-6: Missouri Walnut Council Fall Meeting. Polo, MO. A great agenda and location is being planned. Keep track of these plans by checking the Walnut Council website (http://www.walnutcouncil.org) and visiting the Missouri activities under the State Chapters section.

October 9-11: 32nd Annual Central States Forest Soils Workshop. Potosi, MO. Sponsored by the Missouri Association of Professional Soil Scientists. For more information, go to http://www.showmemapss.org/.

October 16-17: Prescribed Fire and Timber Quality Workshop. Poplar Bluff, MO. Sponsored by the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium, this workshop will address questions such as: Can we manage large landscapes with prescribed fires and maintain high quality timber? What is the timber product economic devaluation caused by prescribed fire? Register online at www.oakfirescience.com/workshops/.