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Forest Products Lab research reduces bat breakage 50%
Research by the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab into the causes of baseball bat shattering has resulted in a 50 percent reduction of incidences, according to Major League Baseball.
USDA touts agroforestry benefits to wood landowners
WASHINGTON -- Practicing agroforestry will help woodland owners, farmers and ranchers enhance productivity, profitability and environmental stewardship, according to USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan.
USDA Releases Plan to Promote Agroforestry
USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today unveiled a plan that will help farmers, ranchers and woodland owners enhance productivity, profitability and environmental stewardship by using the practice of agroforestry.
Biomass research gains ground, $42M granted
The U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) have earmarked $42 million to help fund eight research projects in bioenergy and biobased products, including the harvest, transport and preprocessing of biomass feedstocks.
Beware: It's Emerald Ash Borer week
Emerald Ash Borer Beetle Awareness Week runs from May 22 to 28, 2011, and the public is being asked to join in the fight against the small but deadly predator. A destructive beetle, the EAB has killed tens of millions of trees and spread to 15 states and two Canadian provinces since it was first detected in 2002.
USDA offers label for soy wood adhesives
ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new Certified Biobased Product Label offers new opportunities for companies producing soy-based products, including wood adhesives.
Hardwood groups endorse USDA green building policy
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the USDA's three-part strategy to promote wood as a renewable resource.
Administration endorses "wood as a green building material"
The Obama Administration has announced its endorsement of wood as an environmentally preferable building material and plans to immediately begin promoting it as such.
USDA Leads the Way on Green Buildings, Use of Wood Products
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA's strategy to promote the use of wood as a green building material.