Southern Pine lumber exports to China have increased 430 percent in the last five years, a result of a campaign conducted by the Southern Forest Products Association with funding from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Market Access Program. SFPA used the funding to sponsor Southern Pine lumber exhibits at trade fairs and to translate technical product literature into Chinese.
Forest policies in Wisconsin have been evolving rapidly in recent decades. There has been much debate regarding the effects that changing policies have on current forest-based operations and potential future growth in Wisconsin's forest products industry. Large, important information gaps exist regarding the costs and benefits of forest policies, regulations and guidelines in Wisconsin.
One of the most important decisions timberland owners face when selling timber is the choice of a qualified logger to conduct the cutting operations. Each time the stand is entered, from the first thinning all the way through to final harvest, stand quality and the long-term environmental and aesthetic qualities of the overall property can be affected, either for good or bad.
The fragmented nature of timberland ownership across the US South can make it difficult to identify wood suppliers. Non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners - whose primary business or means of income comes from a source other than timberland ownership - own a majority of the forestland in the Southern United States.
When it comes to securing sustainable wood supply, a thorough analysis of forest resources is the only way to truly understand what is available in a given wood basin. A heavily forested area can create the illusion that a region enjoys ample feedstock supply, yet not all trees visible to the eye are available for harvest.
Wood feedstock availability plays a major role in the success (or failure) of any venture that relies on wood raw materials, and the production of cellulosic biofuels is no exception. Determining how to deliver a consistent and sustainable amount of feedstock to supply a plant that will produce one million gallons of fuel per year is a complicated process.
Industrial production and manufacturing and non-manufacturing industry performance as reported in Forest2Market's monthly Economic Outlook, a 24-month forecast of macroeconomic indicators.
News out of the PPI Awards that the Bringing Paper to Life - Innovative Printing & Writing Campaign of the Year was given to Domtar for its Paper Fun Truck will come as no surprise to those who are familiar with the company's PAPERbecause campaign.
