USDA Announces Program to Restore Longleaf Pine Forests

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Forestry, Georgia

Teresa LasseterAt the Sunbelt Ag Expo this afternoon Teresa Lasseter, Administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency, announced a new CRP Longleaf Pine Initiative to increase forests by 250,000 acres in 9 southern states. Hear the announcement made by Lasseter along with comments from Senate Ag Committee Chairman Saxby Chambliss of Georgia.

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