Pine needles sit atop all this action, preventing weeds from growing and sending natural fertilizers into the soil as they decompose. These protective, restorative functions make pine straw an ...

Crews disproportionately made of young, Mexican men bale pine straw by hand. They're not always fairly compensated.

A single straw harvest removes between five and 60 pounds of nitrogen per acre and between 0.5 and five pounds of phosphorus ...

Since dead pine needles accumulate naturally on the forest floor, timber landowners faced with rising landscaping demand in the 1980s saw pine straw as a “gimme”, according to Florida attorney ...