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October 25, 2011
The View from Oregon: Forests, Public Finances and Livability
Early in July 2011, Lane County, Oregon sheriff Tom Turner announced the pending cut of 84 jail...
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October 21, 2011
Three Reasons Maine is the Northeast’s Best Bet for Industrial Pellet Investments
I recently returned to Charlotte from the Northeast Biomass Conference in Pittsburgh, where I...
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October 25, 2011
The View from Oregon: Forests, Public Finances and Livability
Early in July 2011, Lane County, Oregon sheriff Tom Turner announced the pending cut of 84 jail beds, the loss of...
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October 21, 2011
Three Reasons Maine is the Northeast’s Best Bet for Industrial Pellet Investments
I recently returned to Charlotte from the Northeast Biomass Conference in Pittsburgh, where I delivered a presentation...
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October 14, 2011
Wood Pellet Manufacturing Expansion Continues
After a relatively quiet summer for bioenergy announcements, wood pellet expansion plans have begun to make the news...
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October 12, 2011
Texas Wood Pellet Plant Announced
German Pellets, the world's largest manufacturer of wood pellets, announced that it will open its first U.S. wood...
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October 05, 2011
US Industrial Pellet Association Holds First Annual Conference, Poised to Shape Industry
Last month, the U.S. Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) held its first annual conference in New Orleans. The meeting...
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October 05, 2011
No BCAP Matching Payments in 2011
Since the 2008 Farm Bill was being debated in Washington, I've probably written a dozen stories about the Biomass Crop...
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September 29, 2011
“Recycled Fiber: Paying More For Less” Article Featured in Paper 360, September/October 2011 Issue
Paper 360, a publication of TAPPI, the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging and converting...
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September 29, 2011
Housing Market Update – October 2011
Mortgage interest rates moved even lower in September. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly mortgage...
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September 28, 2011
Two Key Ingredients for Successful Lumber Price Negotiations
Imagine two trading partners. One is a lumber manufacturer (seller) and one is a remanufacturer or builder (buyer). The...
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September 23, 2011
The Case for Forest Biomass
Increasingly, renewable energy sources are coming under scrutiny. Ironically, the same activists responsible for the...
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September 21, 2011
Silvicultural Practices and the Adoption of New Technology
Twenty years ago, the general practice in Southern Pine silviculture involved clear-cut, mechanical site prep, burn...
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September 20, 2011
Industry at a Glance–August 2011 Performance
The overall pace of growth in manufacturing slowed in August, though just slightly. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)...
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September 19, 2011
Is a Second Recession Imminent?
Based on some long-term indicators we track, in March of 2007 we began forecasting a recession. We predicted this...
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September 16, 2011
Plywood Plants Close – More Evidence Structural Changes Will Force Landowners to Grow Smaller Logs
A few weeks ago, I blogged about the structural changes in the sawlog market that should lead landowners to rethink...
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September 15, 2011
Measuring Performance: What Yardstick Are You Using?
In my career, I have interviewed and hired scores of job candidates. One of those interviews, 15 years ago, was a...
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September 14, 2011
Southern Yellow Pine Lumber Prices: A Trend Toward Commoditization
Over the last few weeks, weekly lumber prices for 2x6's, 2x8's and 2x10's have shown little variation between the...
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September 13, 2011
Is Holding Inventory a Viable Method for Hedging Recovered Fiber Costs?
One option that recovered fiber mills have for hedging volatile fiber prices is to increase the number of days of...
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