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1 OneStep To Site Prep OneStep Herbicide For Consistent, Long-Term Hardwood Control Without The Tank Mix. SITE PREPARATION Professional Vegetation Management

2 OneStep Herbicide For Effective Forestland Management. Optimum Vegetation Control In One Cost-Effective Package. As most forest landowners know, Quality Vegetation Management (QVM) begins with good site preparation. Now, site prep couldn t be easier. OneStep herbicide is the only herbicide that provides consistent, broad-spectrum control of tough weeds, grasses and unwanted, low-quality hardwood brush. OneStep is economical and easy to use, which offers better browning for site preparation burns and rubus control. So you get the control you want. One gallon. One rate. One application. The proven chemistry of OneStep controls over 50 species of woody brush, trees, vines and brambles, and more than 120 species of grasses and broadleaf weeds. It s effective against problem species such as: Sweetgum Privet Oak Sassafras Maple Willow Yellow Hickory poplar Black gum Black cherry Sourwood Sycamore Professional Vegetation Management One Gallon. One Rate. One Application. Right From The Start.

3 SITE PREPARATION Increase Your Forestland s Potential With OneStep Herbicide. OneStep herbicide offers broad-spectrum, long-term hardwood control and ease of use while maximizing your forestland s income potential. Site prep with OneStep promotes improved pine growth, by ridding your site of undesirable hardwood brush that competes with seedlings for sunlight, moisture, nutrients and rooting space. Without this competition, your pines have the potential for a higher survival rate and faster growth. As a result, you can benefit from the increased profits of an earlier harvest and greater timber yields. Your Forestland Can Provide A Sustainable Income For Generations. The investment value of your forestland can be measured in many ways and OneStep optimizes them all. OneStep enhances wildlife habitat by allowing native plant species and wildlife-preferred food sources to flourish. An improved habitat not only promotes income-generating timber production, it attracts larger, more diverse wildlife populations. Hunters, bird-watchers and other outdoor enthusiasts willingly pay premium lease rates and user fees for access to enhanced forestland. Your land is an investment that, when managed properly, can ensure a more productive, healthy and sustainable resource now and for generations to come. Site Prep with OneStep: No-Hassle Control. OneStep is a site preparation herbicide that provides long-term hardwood control while enhancing browning and rubus control. RATE: 1 gallon per acre in a minimum of 10 GPA total solution. APPLICATION TIMING: June 15 through October (leaf-drop). PACKAGE: 30 gallons; one-way poly drums. SURFACTANT: OneStep already contains an effective site preparation surfactant no additional surfactant is needed. PRODUCT GUARANTEE: Three-year hardwood control guarantee. See Guarantee for details. Use OneStep for the easiest, most effe broad-spectrum hardwood control avai

4 The Full Treatment: Life Cycle Management With OneStep Herbicide And Arsenal Herbicide Applicators Concentrate (Arsenal AC). Your best bet for optimum growth in pines and profits? Site preparation with OneStep followed by scheduled applications of Arsenal AC to control competing vegetation throughout the forest life cycle. Site Preparation with OneStep for the most effective site clearance and long-lasting, broad-spectrum residual control of competing vegetation. The result: healthier stands, greater timber yields and earlier harvest. One year after site prep treatment, the pines at the right of the photo are thriving. To the left, a controlled burn was done (no herbicide treatment) and the pines are not as healthy. Herbaceous Weed Control with Arsenal AC in the critical first and second seasons. Pine Release with Arsenal AC to boost merchantable volumes by controlling hardwood brush in pine stands up to 10 years old. Mid-Rotation Release with Arsenal AC to clear hardwood brush halfway through pine stand rotation for improved real return on investment. Foresters inspect this bedded site, which received a site prep treatment before planting. ctive, lable for site preparation.

6 QVM is a set of principles that creates and sustains healthy habitats through professional, ethical and responsible practices. Learn more at: The Clear Path To Growing Success. For more information about any BASF vegetation management product, contact your nearest BASF ProVM specialist at , or visit Always read and follow label directions. Arsenal and OneStep are registered trademarks and Quality Vegetation Management is a trademark of BASF BASF Corporation. All rights reserved. APN

7 OneStep Herbicide Helps Louisiana Timber Business Thrive A Growing Professional Vegetation Management Partnership Friends since childhood, Eddie Harmon and Gordon Still grew up in the Louisiana timber industry. In 1971, Harmon began working for his father at Harmon Wood Company, Inc. In 1974, Still also went to work for Harmon s father. Shortly after, Still bought half of the business and by the early 1980s, Harmon s father sold the remaining share to Still, who then named it Timberland Services, Inc. Meanwhile, Harmon formed his own consulting forestry business, keeping the Harmon Wood Company name. Harmon and Still helped each other in the early stages of their forestry consulting businesses by sharing insight and individual perspective on the latest forestland management techniques and tools available. When the opportunity arose to purchase pine stands together, their similar land management philosophies made their partnership a natural. By the time Harmon and I decided to buy land together, we both had helped each other forge profitable forestry consultant businesses, so I knew our approach to managing and selling timber would be consistent, said Still. The pair agreed to name their new timber production business the Claiborne Wood Company, after the community of Claiborne La., a parish of nearly 10,000 residents located just outside of Minden, La. Over the years, Harmon and Still s forestland management practices have evolved to accommodate technological advances in the timber industry, as well as changing market demands and economic cycles. When they started, pine stands were on 50- to 60-year rotations. Today, with wood processing companies demanding smaller diameter timber and landowners practicing intensive management, rotations of less than 30 years are common. For a number of years, we only relied on mechanical removal and prescribed fire to control hardwood species like sweetgum, oak and hickory, Harmon said. However, when you use those methods alone, the control is temporary since they leave the stems and roots intact, setting the stage for more to grow and creating a larger problem down the road. When BASF informed us in the early 1990s about Smart Herbicides, we were eager to try something new.

8 Smart Herbicides TM provide intelligent, long-term vegetation control by affecting enzymes found only in plants not birds, mammals, fish, insects or humans. From site preparation to release treatments, Smart Herbicides help reduce unwanted vegetation that compete with pines for water, nutrients, space and sunlight. We are doing all of the treatments recommended by BASF, Still said. Our most common tends to be a site preparation treatment followed by a herbaceous weed control treatment. We generally harvest a tract, leave it alone for a year to re-sprout, and then come back and apply OneStep herbicide with a helicopter in the fall. After planting in the winter, we return the following spring to apply a herbaceous weed control treatment. According to Harmon and Still, without treatment, many of their pine stands would be 20 percent shorter and 30 to 40 percent of their pine stands would have been lost due to fierce hardwood competition. Beyond the Bottom Line Harmon and Still also understand that proper forestland management practices produce more benefits than simply greater profits. I hunt turkey and deer on a thousand of our acres, and BASF products have definitely made a difference on my land, not just financially, but also in terms of wildlife abundance, said Still. Bountiful hunts and thriving pine forestland spell a positive future for Harmon and Still s families. Both friends and partners view their forestland as legacies to pass on. And their management practices reflect their desire to leave the land in better shape than how they found it. We plan to harvest what needs to be harvested and then pass the land onto our families, Still said. And like Eddie and I, our families have grown up around forestry, so I am confident that they will manage the land properly. Promoting Proper Management Harmon and Still credit their success to their willingness to set money aside after a harvest to properly prepare and manage new stands. In their consulting businesses, they stress to others the wisdom of being fiscally responsible and taking a long-term approach to forestland management. Collectively, they work with more than 100 landowners who own more than 50,000 acres in tracts ranging from 20 acres to more than 10,000. We tell potential clients up-front that they need to manage their pine forestland properly with herbicide treatments, Still said. If they want to take shortcuts to save a few bucks in the short run, we won t work with them because they won t get the same results. For more information on how OneStep can improve your forestland, call or visit Always read and follow label directions. OneStep is a registered trademark of BASF. Smart Herbicide is a trademark of BASF BASF Corporation. All rights reserved.

FWRC. Cooperators: Delta Wildlife, Inc. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University

FWRC. Cooperators: Delta Wildlife, Inc. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University Cooperators: Delta Wildlife, Inc. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Foundation Mississippi