{"id":6533,"date":"2016-03-11T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:43:09","slug":"biomass-harvesting-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/biomass-harvesting-video\/","title":{"rendered":"New Extension Video – Woody Biomass Harvesting at Purdue University"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Woody<\/a>Biomass harvesting refers to harvesting\u00a0where\u00a0more woody material is gathered than in\u00a0a\u00a0traditional sawtimber harvesting. Material down to four inches in diameter is harvested along with large trees for veneer logs and saw logs.\u00a0Small trees and tops are chipped and used\u00a0for paper pulp and boiler fuel.<\/p>\n

During October of 2012, a biomass harvesting project\u00a0was started\u00a0by harvesting a 100 acre tract of hardwood timber at the Southeastern Purdue Ag Center (SEPAC)<\/a>. The tract was divided into several treatment areas\u00a0demonstrating various forms of harvesting including traditional clearcutting, biomass harvesting, and areas left uncut.\u00a0The goal of this project was twofold: to determine the volume and value\u00a0of the products produced using biomass harvesting compared to the traditional\u00a0methods, and to gain a more thorough understanding of what happens to a harvest site following biomass harvesting when restoration practices are used.<\/p>\n

The harvest site\u00a0has experienced a rapid recovery of new vegetation.\u00a0Forbs, shrubs, tree seedlings, and sprouts\u00a0densely covered the ground and began providing new wildlife habitats and the beginnings of a new diverse forest area.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0new Extension video “Woody Biomass Harvesting at Purdue University” explores this process in further depth, showing the harvest as well as the aftermath and regrowth. It also introduces a Purdue Extension – FNR developed web application called the Woody Biomass Calculator.\u00a0This calculator can be used by\u00a0landowners, foresters, and wood products harvesters and managers to estimate the volume and value of several different wood product groups and tree species, including woody biomass. Before harvesting, consider using this tool to evaluate if biomass harvesting is a better choice than traditional sawtimber harvesting for you.<\/p>\n

Resources:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nWoody Biomass Harvesting at Purdue University – Studying the Advantage Over Traditional Harvesting<\/a> – Purdue Extension
\nWoody Biomass Calculator<\/a> – Purdue Extension – FNR
\nHarvesting Biomass: A Guide to Best Management Practices<\/a> – IDNR Division of Forestry
\nWoody Biomass Feedstock for the Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industries<\/a> – IDNR Division of Forestry
\nIN Wood Industry Facts<\/a> – Purdue FNR Wood Research Laboratory<\/p>\n

Lenny Farlee<\/a>,\u00a0Sustaining Hardwood Extension Specialist
\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biomass harvesting refers to harvesting\u00a0where\u00a0more woody material is gathered than in\u00a0a\u00a0traditional sawtimber harvesting. Material down to four inches in diameter is harvested along with large trees for veneer logs and saw logs.\u00a0Small trees and tops are chipped and used\u00a0for paper pulp and boiler fuel. During October of 2012, a biomass harvesting project\u00a0was started\u00a0by harvesting a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,81,55],"tags":[226,231,228,227,229,230],"class_list":["post-6533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-timber","category-woodproductsmanufacturing","tag-biomass","tag-biomass-calculator","tag-hardwood","tag-harvesting","tag-sepac","tag-woody","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6533"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33605,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533\/revisions\/33605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}