A chestnut comeback.

• Position: STATELINE - Plans to increase commercial production and supp;y - Brief article

Researchers at the University of Missouri at Columbia's Center for Agroforestry are trying to bring back the American chestnut. Asian blight destroyed most of the country's millions of chestnut trees a century ago. Although the chestnut remains an oddity for most Americans, commercial production is increasing, and so is demand. As a crop, it is more profitable than walnuts and pecans. But for now, domestic production is a...