by Web Editor | Jun 7, 2010 | The Issues
Story by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has approved ArborGen permit applications for planting and growing genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees in several Southern states. APHIS reached a finding of no...
by Web Editor | May 7, 2010 | The Issues
Story by Dan Shell, Managing Editor Right now housing starts are up for the past three months, and after a revision of March statistics to an annual rate of 636,000, housing starts are currently at their highest level since November 2008. Of course, it’s important to...
by Web Editor | Apr 7, 2010 | The Issues
Story by Jennifer McCary, Senior Associate Editor During the last 25 years, sawdust, trimmings and shavings have gone from being a waste disposal problem to being a revenue stream that helped some mills keep running even in the face of declining lumber demand. Today...
by Web Editor | Mar 29, 2010 | The Issues
Story by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief We are only a quarter into the year, and it has already been a good one for Steve Singleton. There are two reasons. One reason is because he is named Timber Processing’s 2010 Man of the Year. Singleton is general manager of...
by Web Editor | Jan 29, 2010 | The Issues
Story by Dan Shell, Managing Editor Deep in southwest Oregon, where the Coast Range melts into the Siskiyou Mountains, Jim, an out-of-work choker setter, and Scott, a former sawmill green end supervisor, ride in the back of a muddy pickup driven by former yarder...
