{"id":11136,"date":"2025-12-15T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/?p=11136"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:24:03","slug":"turn-longleaf-pine-into-annual-income-with-pine-straw-raking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/turn-longleaf-pine-into-annual-income-with-pine-straw-raking\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn Longleaf Pine into Annual Income with Pine Straw Raking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;multiple_size=600&amp;square_size=300&amp;order=episodic&amp;filter=all&amp;limit=600&amp;season=all&amp;tag=all&amp;i=z8zm7-19e0674-pb\" width=\"640\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>University of Georgia\u2019s David Dickens and National Land Realty forester-agent Steve Chapman break down how pine straw turns timberland into a cash-flowing asset before the first thinning. For longleaf stands, raking can often start around age 12\u201315 and run 5\u201310 seasons, commonly paying about $150\u2013$250 per acre on cutover sites and $250\u2013$400 per acre on old-field sites, with first-year old-field rakes sometimes higher. At 100 acres and $300 per acre, that is roughly $30,000 a year and up to $300,000 before a first cut. They cover species fit (longleaf leads, slash limited, loblolly has no straw value), contract traps to avoid, CRP limits, and how herbicide, spacing, and canopy closure drive straw yield.<\/p>\n<p>Episode takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Longleaf pine is the primary straw species; raking usually begins at age 12\u201315 once canopy closure suppresses understory, then repeats annually for 5\u201310 years.<\/li>\n<li>Typical annual payments: about $150\u2013$250 per acre on cutover sites and $250\u2013$400 per acre on old-field sites; an example 100-acre tract at $300 per acre yields about $30,000 per year pre-thinning.<\/li>\n<li>Sell straw by the acre, not by the bale; define terms if you must do bale pricing and expect year-to-year yield swings.<\/li>\n<li>Manage for clean floors and tree health: foliar-only herbicide every few years, avoid excessive raking in arid areas, watch nutrient export and moisture loss that can invite beetles on marginal sands.<\/li>\n<li>Thinning resets raking in Georgia; most contractors prefer thinned stands, so plan to harvest straw before the first thinning window.<\/li>\n<li>CRP wildlife contracts generally prohibit raking during the term; prescribed fire is fine but schedule it 2\u20133 years ahead of the first rake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. David Dickens<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/warnell.uga.edu\/directory\/people\/dr-david-dickens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/warnell.uga.edu\/directory\/people\/dr-david-dickens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talk to Steve Chapman about your land!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/real-estate-agent\/steve-chapman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nationalland.com\/real-estate-agent\/steve-chapman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>National Land Realty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalland.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nationalland.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Georgia\u2019s David Dickens and National Land Realty forester-agent Steve Chapman break down how pine straw turns timberland into a cash-flowing asset before the first thinning. For longleaf stands, raking can often start around age 12\u201315 and run 5\u201310 seasons, commonly paying about $150\u2013$250 per acre on cutover sites and $250\u2013$400 per acre on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/turn-longleaf-pine-into-annual-income-with-pine-straw-raking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Turn Longleaf Pine into Annual Income with Pine Straw Raking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1217],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Turn Longleaf Pine into Annual Income with Pine Straw Raking - 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