Mar 28, 2014 | News, News/PR
Forests throughout upstate South Carolina largely escaped major damage from February’s ice and snow storms that caused up to $363 million in losses to pine forests in a wide swath of counties across the state. The damages led South Carolina’s state forester to issue a...
Mar 26, 2014 | News, News/PR
Exports of hardwood are driving growth for Prime Lumber, which shipped more than 50% of its volume overseas. As a result, Prime Lumber was named the 2014 North Carolina Exporter of the Year by the state’s Department of Agriculture. Prime Lumber shipped more than...
Mar 24, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two biofuel companies were approved Friday in Baton Rouge for state manufacturing incentives totaling a combined $750,000 for wood energy projects to be built at the Port of Alexandria and at Bastrop in northeastern Louisiana’s Morehouse Parish. An economic...
Mar 10, 2014 | News, News/PR
Like many East Texas lumber towns, the city of Crockett has for years been losing its battle against the impact of government-subsidized Canadian wood products flooding the U.S. housing market, former City Administrator Ron Duncan says. Then, Duncan says, Zilkha...
Mar 7, 2014 | News, News/PR
Snow, sleet and frozen rain damaged a year’s worth of South Carolina timber harvest last month, making it the most damaging storm in the region since 1989, officials reported. About 11% of the forestland was significantly affected by the pre-Valentine’s Day...
Mar 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
The most under-appreciated and yet critically important link in the forest products industry value chain – from tree grower to end consumer — is comprised of nearly 10,000 small, independent business contractors – America’s timber harvesters and haulers. The...
