LSU AgCenter - LFPDC
Forest Sector / Forest Products Interest Group

2014

1. World wood production up for fourth year; paper stagnant as electronic publishing grows – UN report 23 December 2014
2. The Family of Global Wood Chip Carriers is Becoming Smaller: WRQ 23 December 2014
3. NFR BioEnergy Announces $312 Million Energy Project In South Louisiana (9/8/14) 23 December 2014
4. NAHB: Housing recovery continues 23 December 2014
5. Wood Resources International: U.S. pellet exports up in Q2 19 December 2014
6. USDA Improves Forest Health by Harvesting Biomass for Energy 18 December 2014
7. Rising Lumber Demand Coupled with Tighter Log Supplies in North America Should Allow for Record-Level U.S. Prices in 2017 18 December 2014
8. October Trade Data Released 18 December 2014
9. Ghana: Trade in Illegal Timber to End Soon 18 December 2014
10. Forisk Wood Bioenergy Update 18 December 2014
11. Wood pellet producer Enviva and TIMO HNRG partner to develop export pellet production in NC and other locations TBA 12 December 2014
12. Wisconsin tops the nation in wood furniture manufacturing employment 12 December 2014
13. Housing notes for December 12 December 2014
14. 3 Articles from the Forest Business Network 11 December 2014
15. Experts fear for long-term health of U.S. forests 11 December 2014
16. LA’s new wood pellet plants meet European needs 1 December 2014
17. Landmark Report Charts Path to Commercialization of Cellulosic Nanomaterials 1 December 2014
18. Should American Wood Fuel European Power? 25 November 2014
19. NASA space lasers to map Earth's forests in 3D 25 November 2014
20. Fracking gets green light in largest national forest on East Coast 25 November 2014
21. Khosla-Backed Biofuel Firm Kior Files Bankruptcy, Plans Sale 13 November 2014
22. September 2014 Housing Report 11 November 2014
23. Wood Supply Sources in the US South 6 November 2014
24. Southern Pine Lumber Exports to China Expand 6 November 2014
25. September Housing notes 31 October 2014
26. New Wood Construction Technology Gets Boost. 31 October 2014
27. Biomass plant wins forestry sourcing certification. 31 October 2014
28. Idaho lumberjack clings to family business as jobs fade. 3 October 2014
29. Texas Forest Sector Contributes $30.3 Billion to Texas Economy. 2 October 2014
30. Battle in the Woods: Who Can Say When Timber is 'Green'? 26 September 2014
31. Forest Carbon Accounting Considerations in U.S. Bioenergy Policy. 26 September 2014
32. NFR BioEnergy Announces $312 Million Energy Project In South Louisiana. 26 September 2014
33. September Housing Note. 26 September 2014
34. Wood chips, rice hulls among materials converted into fuel. 26 September 2014
35. Biochar used successfully to treat fracking water. 24 September 2014
36. Countries, companies pledge to end deforestation. 24 September 2014
37. Save the Date for 2015 FPS Convention. 24 September 2014
38. Legislation would extend biofuel, bioenergy tax credits. 23 September 2014
39. Southern Bioenergy Network News – September 2014 Edition. 22 September 2014
40. Chevron’s Search for Plant-Based Alternative Fuels Flounders. 17 September 2014
41. Agricultural Producer Attitudes and Biobased Businesses. 16 September 2014
42. Global Timber and Wood Products Markets 2Q/2014. 16 September 2014
43. Announcement: Doctoral Assistantship in Forest Economics and Fire Ecology--Fall 2014. 15 September 2014
44. Is wood a sustainable construction material? The answer is not clear-cut. 15 September 2014
45. Bioenergy Webinar: Wood Energy Financial App--Is your woody biomass heating project feasible? 11 September 2014
46. Biomass Power Louisiana Signs Engagement Letter for Pellet Plant. 11 September 2014
47. Softwood Fiber Based Forest Industry in the Nordic Countries. 11 September 2014
48. 3D printer builds houses in China--High Tech Building Solution. 9 September 2014
49. July 2014 Housing Report. 9 September 2014
50. An Index for Logging Cost Changes across the US South: IngentaConnect. 5 September 2014
51. Definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act. 5 September 2014
52. Family Forest Owners. 5 September 2014
53. Fantasy Becomes Real: First Commercial Cellulosic Biofuel Plant Opens in US. 5 September 2014
54. Forest Resources Association. 5 September 2014
55. SWST: Call for Abstracts. 5 September 2014
56. University of Georgia Center for Forest Business - Home. 5 Spetember 2014
57. Wood Supply Research Institute. 5 September 2014
58. Ghana: Electronic System to Block Leakages in Timber Industry.  25 August 2014
59. Enhancing biofuel yields from biomass with novel new method.  22 August 2014
60. Housing Starts Pass 1 Million Mark in July. 21 August 2014
61. 3D printer saves you money by using pellets instead of plastic filaments. 21 August 2014
62. August Housing Note. 20 August 2014
63. ‘Big Green’ Lobby Wants to Cut 2 of 3 Forestry Oversight Branches. 19 August 2014
64. Thor turns power poles to perfect floorboards. 16 August 2014
65. New Genomic Tools Hold Promise for Economic Boon in Forest Industry. 24 July 2014
66. Southern Bioenergy Network News – July 2014 Edition. 23 July 2014
67. Find out what is happening in forests right now—in almost Real – Time. 23 July 2014
68. July Housing notes. 23 July 2014
69. Global and Timber Wood Products Market Update. 21 July 2014
70. LEED in Motion: Residential. 16 July 2014
71. U.S. Softwood Lumber Exports Double in Five Years After Promotional Push. 14 July 2014
72. Wood Modification Alternative to Traditional Preservative Treated Wood. 11 July 2014
73. Rising EU wood pellet use drives surge in imports. 11 July 2014
74. Dr. Seuss, Spatial Analysis, and Wood Procurement Realities. 7 July 2014
75. Younger generations not interested in timber. 6 July 2014
76. Logging companies ordered to report water use in controlling dust. 5 July 2014
77. This beast swallows an entire tree in seconds. (from NPR) 3 July 2014
78. Forest2Market July Newsletter. 1 July 2014
79. ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report. 30 June 2014
80. Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update. 1 April 2014
81. Using more wood for construction can slash global reliance on fossil fuels.  31 March 2013
82. Watchdog Group Says Most Myanmar Logs Exports are Illegal 26 March 2014
83. Texas biofuel maker’s stock falls after warning of possible bankruptcy  26 March 2014
84. Coal to Biomass Conversions – Not a Simple Solution for US Power Producers  26 March 2014
85. Global pellet market to reach $9 billion by 2020.  24 March 2014
86. Three reasons why it's time to get the policy right on biomass energy carbon accounting  22 March 201
87. U.S. Forest Service Helps Fund Harvard Forest Green Energy Project  20 March 2014
88. The Cork Harvest  20 March 2014
89. Russian log exports fall sharply   20 March 2014
90. USDA Announces Support for Innovative, Sustainable Wood Building Materials to Protect Environment and Create Jobs 18 March 2014
91. UK Bioenergy: Are Dedicated Biomass Plants a Bust?  18 March 2014
92. European Hardwood Buys Ticked Up in North America  18 March 2014
93. Update for FPS Members of Europe 18 February 2014
94. Oregon State University Position Announcement: Faculty, Assistant/Associate Professor in Forest Management.   12 March 2014
95. Oregon State University Position Announcement: Faculty, Assistant/Associate Professor in Forest Economics.   12 March 2014
96. Track Bioenergy Legislation with New Web Tool 18 March 2014
97. WWPA: demand returning to pre-recession levels  12 March 2014
98. Louisiana biofuels industry branching out: Louisiana’s piney hills may hold key to growth of green fuels industry in state  12 March 2014
99. 2014 Severance Taxes are set.  11 March 2014
100. Wood Production, Strong in February, Saw Lumber and Hiring Rise  11 March 2014
101. Webinar Archive The Transatlantic Trade in Wood for Energy  2 March 2014
102. Tropical Timber Market Report: Labelling system for domestic furniture  2 March 2014
103. Global Timber Market Report: China imported logs and lumber for a record nine billion dollars in 2013.   2 March 2014
104. Smell of forest pine can limit climate change  27 February 2014
105. Is China Really on Track for a Forested Future?  27 February 2014
106. Rothschild Biomass Plant Only Getting 10 Percent of Fuel from Forest Waste as Proposed  26 February 2014
107. Hancock Timber Resource Group-Summer Internship Program  26 February 2014
108. COOL PLANT ENERGY SYSTEMS Break Ground in Louisiana  26 February 2014
109. Gibson guitars made with government-seized wood are sold out 22 February 2014
110. Skinny micro-housing designs let you live between buildings  19 February 2014
111. Update for FPS Members of Europe  18 February 2014
112. Update for FPS Members of Europe 18 February 2014
113. Dispelling the Whole Tree Myth: How a Harvested Tree Is Used.  14 February 2014
114. Biomass Outlook 2014: Is Biomass About To Go Bang? 11 February 2014
115. New study suggests ways to enhance payment for biomass fuel   10 February 2014
116. Foreign Markets Drive U.S. Biomass Demand  10 February 2014
117. Strong Single-Family Growth will Fuel Housing in 2014  6 February 2014
118. Sustainable Poplar Plantation Provides Biomass Feedstock for the Emerging Cellulosic Ethanol industry.  5 February 2014
119. Social network media in the forest products industry: A look at a new way of marketing 5 February 2014
120. Ottawa investing another $600,000 to help spur lumber exports to India  5 February 2014
121. Louisiana: New Technologies Could Mean Profit for Forest Landowners  5 February 2014
122. Wind Wood Utilization 4 February 2014
123. The Softwood Export Council (SEC) seeks a new President  4 February 2014
124. Burma: Timber Ban, Effective in April, Leads to Wood Export Rush.  2 February 2014
125. Bioenergy Webinar: In Field Drying of Woody Biomass: A NCSU project to transform forest economies with a value added fuel.  2 February 2014
126. How the EU's Green Energy Drive is Hitting US Forests  31 January 2014
127. NAHB Housing Update  23 January 2014
128. Louisiana forests being sacrificed to fuel Europe's biomass boom  22 January 2014
129. An Independent Engineering Evaluation of Waste-to-Energy Technologies.  15 January 2014
130. Global Lumber Outlook 2014  15 January 2014
131. Cellulose nanocrystals possible 'green' wonder material  15 January 2014
132. Zilkha, Aconex to build first black pellet plant  8 January 2014
133. UBC pellet workshop presentations now online  8 January 2014
134. The Global Forest Sector: Editorial Reviews  6 January 2014