USDA Decides to Move Forward with Hardwood Checkoff, Seeks Comment on Key Questions - Jun 11, 2015
In its latest draft, the USDA decided to exempt industrial grade products, such as pallets, cants, crossties, pallet stock, crane mats, etc. from required assessments.; Canadians Will Have to Pay More to Ship Lumber to U.S. in July: he lumber agreement is set to expire this October unless both sides agree to renew it or come up with a new plan.; Resilient Federal Forests Act Could Create Jobs and Increase Timber Revenues near Federal Lands: The bipartisan bill would give the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the power to actively manage federal forests.; Wildland Fire Potential Predictions Made for the Summer: For July, Above Normal fire potential will spread into the Northwest, the Northern Rockies and the Great Basin, and also through Georgia and the Carolinas.; NEWS BRIEFS: The United States as a whole consumed an estimated 2665.9 trillion Btu of wood and waste biomass in 2013. A team of researchers is collaborating to develop a biodegradable semiconductor chip made almost entirely of wood.
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