Max and Lois Schmollinger, of Mountain Grove, were named Missouri Tree Farmers of the Year.

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One can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. That is what University of Missouri Extension state specialist in forestry Hank Stelzer often hears when talking with landowners, and even some professional foresters, about an Ozark woodland.“But the Schmollinger Tree Farm in Mountain Grove is a...
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Max and Lois Schmollinger, of Mountain Grove, were named Missouri Tree Farmers of the Year.

One can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. That is what University of Missouri Extension state specialist in forestry Hank Stelzer often hears when talking with landowners, and even some professional foresters, about an Ozark woodland.“But the Schmollinger Tree Farm in Mountain Grove is a...
July 15, 2025

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