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Oregon Timber and Land Management Update
Earlier this year, authorities followed a pickup truck to a warehouse in Philomath, OR, and seized more than 13,000 pounds of salal, a leafy Northwest plant prized for its shelf life in floral arrangements. It is shipped to the East Coast and even to Europe, and the black-market operation was an example of the wealth…
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Canadian Industrial Product and Raw Materials Prices: May
The Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) was down 0.5 per cent in May, mainly due to lower prices for energy and petroleum products, said Statistics Canada Friday. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) declined 0.4 per cent, after edging up 0.1 per cent in April, mostly as a result of lower prices for animals and…
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Canada Sawmill Production: April
Lumber production by Canadian sawmills increased 1.4 per cent in April from March, to 5,255.9 thousand cubic metres, according to Statistics Canada Friday. Compared with April 2013, lumber production declined by 2.9 per cent. Sawmills shipped 4,970.2 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April, up 13.4 per cent from March.
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Wood Pellet Production and Demand Globally
Recent reports from the US Energy Information Administration and the World Bioenergy Association show bioenergy production and wood pellet demand in Europe are rising sharply. As well, this week the USDA bioenergy program announced US$14.5 million in funding available through the 2014 Farm Bill. Also, an international bioenergy conference in Prince George, BC, last week…
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US Housing Starts
Housing starts in the US fell 6.5 per cent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.001 million, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That marked the first decline in four months. The decline was broad-based across regions and type of construction. Single-family housing starts fell 5.9 per cent, while multifamily fell 7.6 per…
