Jan 12, 2018 | News, News/PR
Despite a slow housing market and other lingering effects of the recession, Mississippi’s forests remain the state’s second most valuable agricultural commodity for 2017. John Auel, an assistant Extension professor of forestry at Mississippi State University,...
May 19, 2017 | News, News/PR
Governor Terry McAuliffe recently announced new export opportunities for Virginia lumber products following his recent trade and marketing mission to Mexico. Lumber sale agreements were reached between Northwest Hardwoods, Inc., which has a location in Buena Vista,...
Feb 24, 2017 | News, News/PR
Dempsey Wood Products, a maker and provider of pine and domestic hardwood lumber and wood chips, has announced it will invest $7 million in its Orangeburg plant, which should create 28 jobs over the next five years. The $7 million will be invested in new dry kilns, a...
Oct 24, 2016 | News, News/PR
A growing, consumer-driven middle class, a burgeoning furniture industry and stepped up efforts to protect its own forests are driving the growth of wood product shipments to China from the Port of Charleston and other U.S. markets, a panel of global business experts...