Author: Chad Niman
Major Program: Forestry Industry Education
The annual Small Scale Logging Equipment Program showcases several pieces of small equipment options available on the market that can be easily operated by hand or safely attached to a ATV, side-by-side, farm tractor or truck. This year the show took place as one of the main attractions at the Kentucky Wood Expo at Masterson Station Park in Lexington, KY. This 2 hour program ran twice at the Wood Expo, both on Friday and Saturday. The program that starts with some knowledge in chainsaw safe
Lumber manufacturing (primary industry) and sales are a significant contributor to the Kentucky economy. Nearly half of the land acres of Kentucky are in forest cover and an estimated 684 million board feet of hardwood logs were harvested by over 2,600 loggers. The wood was processed at 671 wood, paper, and paper converting manufacturing facilitieslocated in 112 counties. The distribution of these facilities and the more than 28,000 Kentuckians they employ highlights how the $13+ billion contrib
Author: Bobby Ammerman
Kentucky Forest Products Industry Directory - Data collection of wood residuals from the secondary wood industry in KentuckyB. Ammerman, UK Forestry and Natural Resource Extension, A. Conway, UK Forestry and Natural Resource student intern, M. Branscum, UK Forestry and Natural Resource student intern, C. Niman, Cartographer.Data results will be published on the University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources website - https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/ Background:During a
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The Kentucky Wood Expo is a regional wood products show. The 2019 show was held in Lexington, KY at the Masterson Station Park on September 20 and 21. 3500 visitors attended the show. There were over 60 exhibitors at the show and all of them had a chance to demonstrate equipment and provided attendees hands on opportunities to operate everything from wood processing equipment to rolling stock. The Wood Expo also had a special program for school aged children which took place o
There was one OVLDA meetings conducted in this reporting year. The Spring 2020 meeting was cancelled due to the COVID situation. The meeting lasted for two days. UK Forestry Extension personnel planned and facilitated the meeting. This was held on November 6-7, 2019 and was a joint meeting with the Souteast Dry Kiln club and held in Kinbal, TN at Cardin Forest Products. The meeting included tours of Cardin Forest Products and Brown-Foreman Cooperage. The technical presentations
Kentucky’s forests cover nearly half the Commonwealth but only scattered information had existed on the overall economic impact of Kentucky’s forest and wood industry. To address this shortfall, a team of faculty and staff from the University of Kentucky Departments of Forestry and Agricultural Economics (Drs. Jeff Stringer, Alison Davis, and Terrell Baker along with staff members Bobby Ammerman and Billy Thomas) worked closely to compile data from a wide variety of sources for the K
I conducted 7 of these workshops 4/16/2019, 6/4/2019, 7/10/2019, 7/31/2019, 9/21/2019, 11/15/2019, and 12/9/2019. During the workshops we explained why these species of woods were chosen to produce these products. We also discussed/provided general information pertaining to forestry practices in Kentucky including the Kentucky Forest Conservation Act, food from the forest, and its impact on our forest and the economic impact the Forest Products Industry has on Kentucky’s economy. I a
The Center for Forest and Wood Certification builds regional forest and wood certification capacity through the delivery of unbiased information; technical assistance; and the development of programs for landowners, loggers, and forest products industries to participate in certification in a sustainable and affordable manner.The Center focuses on providing solutions to certification bottlenecks, enabling the private sector to effectively participate and benefit from certification. The Cente
Author: Brian Jeffiers
Eastern Kentucky includes thousands of acres of trees, many of which are various maples. Yet despite the presence of this obvious resource, few landowners have explored the possibility of producing maple syrup. This began to change in the late 2010's, when a few farms began to produce maple syrup. Their success has begun to draw the attention of other interested producers while simultaneously highlighting the deficit of knowledge about production of maple syrup.To address these needs, the Co
