LSU AgCenter - LFPDC
Forest Sector / Forest Products Interest Group

2015

1. Just in case you were considering building a pellet mill. 19 December 2015
2. November Housing Notes. 23 November 2015
3. New Study Results-LA Primary and Secondary Wood Products Sectors 18 November 2015
4. Louisiana Forest Industry website gets update. 16 November 2016
5. Wood to Biofuels | Webinar Series 16 November 2015
6. September Housing Report. 12 November 2015
7. Landowners may benefit by growing crops among trees. 12 November 2015
8. Weyerhaeuser and Plum Creek to Merge, Creating the World's Premier Timber, Land and Forest Products Company. 9 November 2015
9. Here’s How We Can Stop Illegal Logging and Poaching on the Spot. 3 November 2015
10. £100m Port of Liverpool biomass handling facility enters service. 30 October 2015
11. Producer Prices in September – More Energy Declines. 29 October 2015
12. Laboratory Tests Evaluate Design Values of Thermo-Ply® Red, Form SP-1172. 29 October 2015
13. European Price Developement of Industrial Pellets. 29 October 2015
14. As part of the October 21st National Bioenergy Day, a bioenergy conference was held by the LSU AgCenter. 29 October 2015
15. Additional U.S. housing market commentaries for August. 29 October 2015
16. White Castle biomass plant on schedule to begin turning sugar cane waste into fuel in July. 23 October 2015
17. October Housing Report from Al Schuler. 23 October 2015
18. Louisiana SAF Issues Recommendations for Sustainable Management of Cypress Forests in State's Coastal Areas. 23 October 2015
19. Join the LFPDC Interest group. 23 October 2015
20. Turning wood and orange peels into car parts stronger than steel. 20 October 2015
21. Presidential Proclamation -- National Forest Products Week, 2015. 18 October 2015
22. Highest Global Sawmilling Earnings Achieved by U.S. South and Russian Mills. 29 September 2015
23. September Housing Report from Al Schuler. 21 September 2015
24. LSU AgCenter announces bioenergy conference. 21 September 2015
25. Plum Creek joins with institutional investors to form timberland joint venture dubbed Twin Creeks Timber, with objective of growing $1 billion portfolio. 18 September 2015
26. Oregon Lumber Mill Becomes First in U.S. Certified to Produce New Wood Building Material. 15 September 2015
27. Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update. 15 September 2015
28. FutureMetrics releases dashboard on pellet demand for cofiring. 15 September 2015
29. Arauco Invests $325 Million to Build Largest Particleboard Mill in North America. 15 September 2015
30. US pallet stock to reach 2.6 billion units by 2019. 8 September 2015
31. In the last 25 years, the world lost a forested area the size of South Africa. 8 September 2015
32. The Gas Rush: Could the US switch fuels over to 51% renewable natural gas? 3 September 2015
33. Tall Wood Buildings Not So Great, says Concrete Industry 3 September 2015
34. Wood Markets Monthly Internatonal Report Highlights. 31 August 2015
35. India Joins PEFC’s Alliance. 31 August 2015
36. EPA slashes biofuels targets for 2014, 2015, 2016 under Renewable Fuel Standard. 31 August 2015
37. Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update. 25 August 2015
38. Latest Housing Information - August. 24 August 2015
39. Biomass plant on hold. 24 August 2015
40. Recommendations for Growing the Forest Industry in the Northeast. 20 August 2015
41. Will Changes in UK Renewable Energy Incentives Affect Pellet Demand? 19 August 2015
42. Builder Confidence, Single-Family Starts Rising. 19 August 2015
43. NEW Publication: Business Management Practices for Small to Medium Sized Forest Products Firms. 17 August 2015
44. The UK plans to build the world’s largest wood-burning power plant. 16 August 2015
45. New Set of Residential Construction and Remodeling Indices. 12 August 2015
46. FSC certification provides profit incentive for sustainable forestry-says WWF. 12 August 2015
47. Bipartisan Effort Urges EPA to Stop Penalizing Sustainable Forest Management. 12 August 2015
48. EIA short-term outlook highlights bioenergy production forecasts. 11 August 2015
49. Drax starts strategic review after UK green policy changes. 31 July 2015
50. Invest with confidence: Are planted forests in Latin America a good deal? 30 July 2015
51. Biofuels Mandate Around the World - 2015. 27 July 2015
52. Housing Note - July 2015 23 July 2015
53. German Pellets proceeds with plan to double production at LA wood pellet mill to approx. 1.2 million tonnes/yr. 23 July 2015
54. Ethiopia: The Biofuel Myth. 23 July 2015
55. Defiant Drax in move to bring on third unit. 23 July 2015
56. World's Smallest Biomass Plant Reaches Operational Landmark. 22 July 2015
57. Pine-Derived Chemicals Market Worth $4.8 Billion by 2020. 22 July 2015
58. FedEx Taps Biofuel Supplier for Jet Fleet. 22 July 2015
59. Advanced Biofuels USA: Time for a Non-Renewable Carbon Fuel User Fee. 21 July 2015
60. Tackling Illegal Logging and the Related Trade: What Progress and Where Next? 20 July 2015
61. Growing the market for softwood lumber. 20 July 2015
62. Don't Write Off Paper Just Yet. 20 July 2015
63. Debunking two so-called facts about wood pellets. 9 July 2015
64. Housing Report - May 2015. 6 July 2015
65. Converting the Drax Power Station to burn biomass fuel involved the creation of an entirely new supply chain. 26 June 2015
66. Chinese Demand for US Hardwood Soars to $1.53b 26 June 2015
67. Regulation of Europe-Bound US Wood Pellets. 24 June 2015
68. Columbia Forest Products Introduces New Formaldehyde-Free Plywood. 24 June 2015
69. U.S. Supplies Biomass for £100 Million Port Terminal. 23 June 2015
70. Timber buildings – evidence of lower costs emerge. 17 June 2015
71. May Housing Notes. 17 June 2015
72. Lumber Imports to China Were Close to Record High in April; Russia, Sweden and Finland Increased Shipments the Most..15 June 2015
73. The Global Forest Industry in the 1Q/20155 June 2015.
74. A new kind of wood chip: collaboration could lead to biodegradable computer chips. 26 May 2015
75. Outlook for Mid-South Forests: The Next 50 Years. Subregional report from the Southern Forest Futures Project. 26 May 2015
76. April Housing Notes. 21 May 2015
77. March Housing report. 19 May 2015
78. Webinar: Achieving Sustainability Goals with Biomass. 8 May 2015
79. RFS Policy Instability Chilling Advanced Biofuel Investments, Study Says. 8 May 2015
80. FSC introduces new consumer brand identity. 8 May 2015
81. Sustane Technologies to produce MSW-derived pellets in Canada. 7 May 2015
82. Study investigates impacts of the material and energetic utilization of wood: Build or burn? Competition for wood on the rise Wood. 7 May 2015
83. Recyclable Wood Foam Provides Better Insulation than Conventional Foam. 6 May 2015
84. Concrete interests ensure code provisions for taller wood buildings hit brick wall. 6 May 2015
85. BERC launches updated community-scale wood heating database. 28 April 2015
86. Wood Fiber Costs for US Pulp Mills Up. 24 April 2015
87. The Housing Market: Myth Vs. Reality. 22 April 2015.
88. Pine Straw Harvesting in Longleaf Pine Forests: Best Management Guidelines to Sustain Wildlife Resources.   22 April 2015
89. April Housing notes.  22 April 2015
90. Lumber Prices Fall Sharply: Implications For Bonds And Different Stock Market Sectors.  15 April 2015
91. Work progressing on port improvements for Cool Planet.  14 April 2015
92. Woods of Louisiana: LFPDC ebook link.  14 April 2015
93. Louisiana Forest Products Development Center on Facebook. 14 April 2015
94. Construction starts on Raceland sugar cane conversion plant 14 April 2015
95. Boise Cascade Announces $43 Million Expansion In Sabine Parish, Louisiana 9 April 2015.
96. Eye on the Economy: Weak Employment Gains in March. 8 April 2015
97. U.S. Hardwood Exports Slow; World Markets Oversupplied. 7 April 2015
98. February Monthly Housing Report. 4 April 2015
99. Drax Biomass appoints Peter Madden as U.S. CEO. 2 April 2015
100. Massive reforms to China’s forestry industry put in motion.  30 March 2015
101. SCS Global Services Certifies One of the Largest Forest Areas in South Asia Under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) Standard.  27 March 2015
102. Canada & U.S. "Top 20" Lumber Producers' Annual Ranking: 2014.  27 March 2015
103. How much do you know about the awesomeness of forests?  25 March 2015
104. From skyscraper to 'plyscraper': The tower blocks made from wood.  25 March 2015
105. South leads U.S. timber industry.  20 March 2015
106. Housing Starts Plunge by the Most in Four Years. 18 March 2015
107. March Housing Note - 2015. 17 March 2015
108. Wood pellet heating a growing sector. 13 March 2015
109. Housing Report: January 2015. 10 March 2015
110. Furnishings Digest Newsletter: February-March 2015. 10 March 2015
111. Five tips to avoid “greenwashing” when marketing paper products. 10 March 2015
112. Ancient Trees: Portraits Of Time. Woman spends 14 years photographing World's Oldest Trees  27 February 2015
113. Once ‘invisible,’ Africa’s domestic loggers come into the light   26 February 2015
114. Biomass Plants Gaining Steam, But Do They Result in Less Carbon?  26 February 2015
115. Woody Biomass-Something old, something new... 12 February 2015
116. Lesser Known Species 11 February 2015
117. Why Wood Waste to Energy Is a No-Brainer 10 February 2015
118. December 2014 Housing Report 10 February 2015
119. Wood Pellet Exports from North America Reach New Record High   3 February 2015