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Auburn Forestry Research Helps to Reduce Seedling Mortality

Auburn Forestry Research Helps to Reduce Seedling Mortality

Auburn University research has helped lead to a new product to reduce Southern pine seedling mortality for the forestry industry. “This is a major accomplishment that will allow forest tree nurseries to store their seedlings for longer time periods without...

Alabama CLT Plant Is Nearly Operational

The first and biggest cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing plant in the eastern U.S. is nearly fully operational, with 25 employees currently working a portion of the plant. Florida-based International Beams (IB), a manufacturer of pre-fabricated i-joist beams,...

Canfor Announces $28 Million Expansion At Georgia Sawmill

Canfor Southern Pine recently announced that it will make a $28 million expansion to its Moultrie facility. Formerly Beadles Lumber Co., Canfor, a Canadian-based firm, purchased 50 percent of the Beadles operation in Moultrie and Thomasville in 2014 and now owns 100...

Arkansas Industrial Wood Pellet Mill Raises Green Stakes

More than 150 wood pellet manufacturing mills operate across the U.S., many supplying the domestic woodstove pellet market with home heating fuel. More than a quarter are industrial pellet mills, grinding thousands of acres of forest into biomass for overseas export...

Southern Pine Research Project Earns National Partnership Award

When people consider the large-scale crops that contribute to modern society, wheat and corn often come to mind. But for many in the southeastern United States, known as the “wood basket” both for the United States and the world, pine is key. That’s why, when the U.S....