LSU AgCenter - LFPDC
Forest Sector / Forest Products Interest Group

2018

1. AWC: Tall Mass Timber code changes get final approval. 28 December 2018
2. Wood Makes Comeback as Mass Timber Projects Thrive. 18 December 2018
3. Forest resources in the EU and the EU Forest Strategy. 7 December 2018
4. UK ban on combustible building materials will "slow down use of engineered timber" 3 December 2018
5. The State of the World's Forests. 3 December 2018
6. Ghana Ready to Implement Legal Timber Agreement. 3 December 2018
7. Freres builds for the future with new mass plywood panels. 3 December 2018
8. 4 Projects That Show Mass Timber is the Future of American Cities. 29 November 2018
9. Japan’s current CLT design value. 27 November 2018
10. Housing Report - September 2018. 20 November 2018
11. US Demand for Softwood Lumber Forecasted to Increase in Next 15 Years. 9 November 2018
12. Sawlog Prices Fell on all Continents Except North America in the 2Q/18. 9 November 2018
13. Wood Bioenergy Conference and Expo: Synopsis of Presentations. 8 November 2018
14. How much hotter is your hometown now? 4 November 2018
15. How Timber Subsidies Became Like “Crack for the Agricultural Community. 26 October 2018
16. Support for Tall Timber Reaches New Heights in the Building Code. 26 October 2018
17. Hardwood Report, 2018 - Japan. USDA FAS. 22 October 2018
18. Key Slide: FW: Virginia Tech USFS Housing Market commentaries for August 2018. 17 October 2018
19. Virginia Tech USFS Housing Market commentaries for August 2018. 17 October 2018
20. The CLT opposition has intensified their efforts. 17 October 2018
21. Q3 Market Trends: WillSonn Advisory. 17 October 2018
22. Cannabis legalization: Is your mill ready? 17 October 2018
23. Taylor Guitars took a big risk by investing in an African sawmill. 7 October 2018
24. The construction revolution continues as Cross-Laminated Timber goes modular. 5 October 2018
25. RESPONSE 2: EU Policy to Burn More Wood Will Fuel Climate Change. 14 September 2018
• Carbon balance and economic performance of pine plantations for bioenergy production in the Southeastern United States
• How is wood-based pellet production affecting forest conditions in the southeastern United States?
• IEA Bioenergy Response to Chatham House report “Woody Biomass for Power and Heat: Impacts on the Global Climate
• Sourcing overseas biomass for EU ambitions: assessing net sustainable export potential from various sourcing countries
• OPINION: Status and prospects for renewable energy using wood pellets from the southeastern United States
• Background Analytical Study 3: Forests and Energy
26. RESPONSE 1: EU Policy to Burn More Wood Will Fuel Climate Change. 14 September 2018
27. Tallest timber building in the world nears completion. 13 September 2018
28. Assumptions in the European Union biofuels policy: frictions with experiences in Germany, Brazil and Mozambique. 13 September 2018.
29. EU Policy to Burn More Wood Will Fuel Climate Change. 12 September 2018
30. Logging tops Canada's most dangerous, least rewarding jobs. 31 August 2018
31. Flat Conditions for Some Housing Sectors, but Not All. 31 August 2018
32. Biomass Electricity Isn’t Cheap, Won’t End Wildfire. 20180824
33. Cross-laminated timber as forest-management strategy. 23 August 2018
34. Proposed Chinese Tariffs: Potential impacts for the PNW Forest Industry. 16 August 2018
35. Off-site Construction Revolutionizes the Building Game. 16 August 2018
36. Super termites form enormous colonies in California. 15 August 2018
37. State sets standards for taller wood buildings. 15 August 2018
38. Market Trends WillSonn Advisory Q2 2018. 15 August 2018
39. Growing better trees by design. 15 August 2018
40. China Takes the Lead as U.S. No. 1 Hardwood Buyer. 8 August 2018
41. CSIC Produces “First Ever” Hardwood Cross-Laminated Timber in UK. 7 August 2018
42. Oregon: Plans for Record-Setting Timber Tower in Downtown Portland Fall Through. 17 July 2018
43. Autonomous Driving Is Here To Transform The Lumber Industry. 17 July 2018
44. Received from a Friend--What the Other Side is Doing-Take Action - Keep the Public Safe from Tall Wood. 8 July 2018
45. Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price on a Wild Ride. 8 July 2018
46. Cost Comparison of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Cast-in-place Reinforced Concrete Structures. 8 July 2018
47. On Energy Independence Day, India, China surge as leaders in clean fuels. 4 July 2018
48. Andrew Waugh Pioneers a Whole New Way to Build. 4 July 2018
49. Super Wood - transforming natural wood into high perforance material. 25 June 20118
50. Ask For Wood. 25 June 2018
51. Florida Forest Sector Impact Map by County. 24 June 2018
52. Our forests are dying; mortality exceeds net growth. 22 June 2018
53. Timberman's $7.5M gift to help build UA wood design center. 21 June 2018
54. Timber Trends: Log exports out of New Zealand pick up after Chinese New Year. 21 June 2018
55. The UK’s move away from coal means they’re burning wood from the US. 21 June 2018
56. Plastic of the Future. 21 June 208
57. Number of Builders Reporting a Shortage of Framing Lumber Surges. 21 June 2018
58. Housing Report - April 2018
59. Architect Perceptions of Engineered Wood Products: An Exploratory Study of Selected Countries in Central and Southeast Europe. 21 June 2018
60. Wood Plays a Critical Role in Transforming Communities. 20 June 2018
61. This DNA Database for Trees Will Help Track Illegal Logging. 20 June 2018
62. Impact of market forces and government policies on the tropical timber trade. 20 June 2018
63. Housing Starts Reach Post-Recession High. 20 June 2018
64. Global Softwood Lumber Prices Continued Two-Year Climb. 20 June 2018
65. Lumber Tariffs, Labor Issues Constrain the Industry. 9 June 2018
66. A New Take on Timber. 9 June 2018
67. Preem and RenFuel create ‘world's first’ lignin plant for biofuels. 8 June 2018
68. Forest2Market Newsletter-June 2018 8 June 2018
69. Addressing the forest industry labour shortfall. 6 June 2018
70. Russia and Japan to collaborate on biomass project. 6 June 2018
71. Peavy Hall at Oregon State University CLT panels Coming Out. 6 June 2018
72. Diametrically Opposed Policy Positions. 6 June 2018
73. Design/Build Giant Acquires Michael Green Architecture, Plans to Open CLT Factory 6 June 2018
74. A Dissipative Connector for CLT Buildings: Concept, Design and Testing. 6 June 2018
75. Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update.  27 May 2018
76. Drax trialling carbon-capture to make biomass carbon negative. 27 May 2018
77. Campbell Global Timber Trends-April 2018. 27 May 2018
78. Wood Pellets in the Emerging Asian Biomass Market. 26 May 2018
79. Wind Wood Utilization. 26 May 2018
80. The Ideological Divide. 26 May 2018
81. Surging Lumber Prices Threaten Housing Affordability. 26 May 2018
82. Cost of Residential Construction Inputs Already Up 4% in 2018. 26 May 2018
83. British Columbia’s forest sector diversifying to survive. 26 May 2018
84. Redesigning sawmills for cross laminated and mass timber production. 23 May 2018
85. Puerto Rico Gives Green Light to Microgrid Developers; Could Become a “Model of Sustainability.” 22 may 2018
86. Log Exports to China...Information from APHIS. 18 May 2018
87. Housing Report - March 2018. 17 May 2018
88. Blast Testing of Loaded Mass Timber Structures Yields Positive Results. Four tests covered a spectrum of blast loads. 17 May 2018
89. As Mass Timber’s Popularity Grows, the Concrete Industry Goes on the Offensive. 17 May 2018
90. Analysis: As long bull run (on framing lumber) charges on traders struggle to see end. 12 May 2018
91. Timber Price Forecast. 11 May 2018
92. Yale School of Architecture Utilizes SmartLam Cross-Laminated Timber Panels in Design Project to Benefit New Haven Homeless. 10 May 2018
93. DOE's all-new, multi-tech $78M Bioenergy Bet. 4 May 2018
94. The world’s first academic and industry journal dedicated to the mass timber construction market has just launched. 2 May 2018
95. Where Will the Wood Come From? 1 May 2018
96. CLT Movement Spreads to Eastern Half of U.S. 27 April 2018>
97. Province announces $7.8M for Mass Timber Program. 26 April 2018
98. Mass Timber: CLT Photos in Portland, Oregon and Environs. 26 April 2018
99. WoodWorks Leads Successful Blast Testing of Loaded Mass Timber Structures. 25 April 2018
100. The Beck Group and Forest2Market Announce Sawmill TQ, a New Data and Analytics Service for Southern Sawmills. 24 April 2018
101. Biocoal partnership to build global operation. 24 April 2018
102. Pruitt declares that burning wood is carbon neutral. 23 April 2018
103. Residential Construction is Slowly Returning to Normalcy. 20 April 2018
104. Remodeling Confidence Remains in Strong Territory Despite Three Point Slip. 20 April 2018
105. Red Rock gets go-ahead for Lakeview: Renewable biofuels plant to be constructed in Lakeview. 19 April 2018
106. Housing Report: February-2018. 19 April 2018
107. CLT's regional acceptance may increase after University of Arkansas' construction. 19 April 2018
108. British Columbia Softwood Lumber Exports to US Plunge 20 Percent. 19 April 2018
109. Toward an Elasticity of Chip-N-Saw: Demand and Supply Models of Chip-N-Saw Stumpage in Louisiana. 17 April 2018
110. New Extension Forestry Positions at Clemson University. 17 April 2018
111. Guitar makers hit hard by new regulations on prized rosewood. 17 April 2018
112. Grading of European lumber under review. 17 April 2018
113. Construction Corner: Could wood be the new Styrofoam? 17 April 2018
114. US softwood lumber consumption likely to reach record highs. 5 April 2018
115. Trump plan could open Giant Sequoia monument to logging. 28 March 2018
116. Greenpeace leaves sustainable wood certification group. 28 March 2018
117. FSC Statement About Greenpeace Internationsl. 28 March 2018
118. PERSPECTIVE CLIMATE - Are wood pellets a green fuel? 28 March 2018
119. Timber Prices: Supply, Demand and Extenuating Circumstances. 13 March 2018
120. Brooks Disrupts NAHB's Drumbeat Over High Lumber Prices. 13 March 2018.
121. NAHB Seeks Solutions as Lumber Prices Rise. 6 March 2018
122. Single-family Home Sales Start 2018 Lower. 27 February 2018
123. Construction experts complete high-density wooden building course. 3 Febrrary 2018
124. Trees That Refuse To Die No Matter What. 22 February 2018
125. Webinar: Ask for Wood. 21 February 2018
126. Stronger Than Steel, Able to Stop a Speeding Bullet—It’s Super Wood! 14 February 2018
127. Freres' mass plywood panels almost ready for market. 9 February 2018
128. Drax Biomass moving corporate HQ to Monroe. 8 February 2018
129. China high quality log buying grows, bypassing U.S. sawmills. 7 February 2018
130. Are Pine Plantations in the US South Profitable Investments? 7 February 2018
131. Housing Notes - January 2018. 5 February 2018
132. Southern Yellow Pine Exports to China on Pace to Double in 2017. 2 February 2018
133. 10 Predictions for Global Wood Consuming Industries in 2018. 2 February 2018
134. Q4 Market Trends. 23 January 2018
135. Would you feel safer wearing a cycle helmet made from paper? 16 January 2018
136. 'Canada has just detonated a bomb': Trade relations with U.S. plummet after WTO complaint. 2 January 2018
137. Japan: Japan Designates First 5 Clean Wood Act Registration Organizations (link) 10 January 2018
138. Mass Timber Projects Gaining Ground & Reaching New Heights. 8 Janurary 2018
139. IKD has pioneered hardwood cross-laminated timber. 8 January 2018
140. With biomass energy, weighing forest restoration and carbon emissions. 4 Januray 2018
141. Flatbed carriers: expect healthy growth in housing starts. 5 January 2018
142. Car parts, yogurt, paint: Scientists are using wood in novel ways, hopefully staying the axe on forestry education before it's too late. 5 January 2018
143. Trade dispute over Canadian newsprint poised to have 'catastrophic impact' on U.S. newspaper industry. 2 January 2018
144. Spruce Beetle Infestation Nearly Doubles in B.C. 2 January 2018