Considering the feds are limiting timber cutting in the national forests, this might be a great cash crop alternative for loggers impacted by it.
“Farming bamboo, under our program right now, if you wanted to plant an acre of bamboo you’d spend $20,000 and you guys have got it growing all around,” he said. “With a section of land like the one here a grower could make 10 to $20,000 a year, every year.”
“Now imagine if you had a 100 acres and 10 tons of bamboo is $100,000 and 20 tons in $200,000, lets just say we’ve got to get smarter.”
“Farming bamboo, under our program right now, if you wanted to plant an acre of bamboo you’d spend $20,000 and you guys have got it growing all around,” he said. “With a section of land like the one here a grower could make 10 to $20,000 a year, every year.”
“Now imagine if you had a 100 acres and 10 tons of bamboo is $100,000 and 20 tons in $200,000, lets just say we’ve got to get smarter.”
Bamboo harvest in Sampson | Sampson Independent
The groundwork for a new chapter in agriculture was recently started in Sampson County following an initial test run of a timber harvest for locally-grown…
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