Two workers attack a 5-foot-high pile of longleaf pine straw with pitchforks. With practiced moves, they stuff the needles into balers, then lace the bales with string. Within an hour, the pile is ...

Lea esta nota en español. LIVE OAK – The hum of a tractor’s motor fills the forest as a worker heaves an armful of pine needles into a rusted red baler. He flips a metal lever over the tawny leaves ...