Forest2Mill Newsletter

July 2011

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In This Issue
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Housing Market Update
Clash of the Titans
Data-Driven Decision Making
Hardwoods Growing Up
Welcome to F2M, Javon Carter!
Save the Date! 25x'25 Webinar
Economic Outlook Podcast

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Top 4 Stories from the June Issue



 

 

By Pete Stewart

 

I just returned from a week's vacation at the beach. Like many families, we took a little time to check out beach properties for sale.  The first property we looked at was one that we toured 7 years ago, and ...

 

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By Suz-Anne Kinney

 

Despite a litany of bad news for the housing market over the first half of 2011, several reports out at the end of June point to better performance ahead. The first of these is the National Association of Realtors (NAR) ...

 

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By Pete Stewart

 

At the Argus RenewablesTrading Summit 2011, Pete Stewart talked about the relative economics of pulp and pellet production and assessed the effects of competition for woody biomass on these two types of manufacturers. Fluff pulp is currently going for $1,000/ton. ...

 

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By Suz-Anne Kinney

 

For the last 11 years, Forest2Market has been collecting, aggregating, reporting and analyzing data about market prices for forestry-related industries. Because our business is based on data, we've spent considerable time and resources understanding the role of quality data in ...

 

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By Gordon Culbertson

 

The Washington Hardwoods Commission (WHC) held their 2011 annual meeting on June 15 in Chehalis, Washington. Most of the Northwest's leading authorities on the hardwood wood industry were in attendance. "Hardwood Supply in the Pacific NW" was an informative and ...

 

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Forest2Market (F2M) recently welcomed Javon Carter, its newest timber and fiber market analyst. Javon recently completed his M.S. in Forest Biomaterials at North Carolina State University, where he singlehandedly produced biomass pellets from wood fiber he harvested himself. A detail ...

 

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25x'25 will be hosting a webinar, "National Wood-To-Energy Roadmap - A Guide for Developing Sustainable Woody Biomass Solutions," on July 19, 2011. The use of biomass for energy production has recently captured widespread interest as the United States strives to ...

 

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LISTEN TO ECONOMIC OUTLOOK PODCAST
 

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Listen to Forest2Market's Economic Outlook podcast. Each month, join host Angelique Mitchell as she welcomes a guest to discuss the general economic indicators that affect performance in forest-related industries.

 

This month, Angelique talks to Suz-Anne Kinney, editor of Forest2Market's Economic Outlook. 

 

The podcast is mobile!  Now available in the Android Marketplace, Blackberry App World and iTunes. Scan the QR Code or click the link to the Economic Outlook podcast.


 

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