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10 Aug 11	Forest2Market Adds Market Trend Information to Mill2Market Forest2Market adds information about market price variation, mid-week and long-term price and volume trends to Mill2Market, the only lumber price report based on data from actual orders and invoices.
10 Aug 02	Forest2Market Announces 2Q2010 Delivered Volume and Price Results Forest2Market announces Southwide results from its 2Q2010 Delivered Price Benchmark Service. Second quarter price and volume trends point to continued weakness in pulpwood and sawtimber markets.
10 Jul 13	Lumber Price Freefall Abates After plunging more than 33 percent since the week ending April 21, 2010, the freefall in southern yellow pine lumber prices has abated. Mill2Market, Forest2Market’s weekly lumber price report, shows composite price trends over the last three quarters.
10 Jul 08	Forest2Market’s Pete Stewart to Speak at the Northeast Biomass Conference and Expo Forest2Market’s President and CEO, Pete Stewart, will be a panel speaker at the Northeast Biomass Conference and Expo on 'An Assessment of the Northeast’s Competitive Position for Serving European Biomass Markets'.
10 Jul 08	Recent Economic Indicators for the Wood Products Industry Factory output continues to be a bright spot, but construction spending--especially the residential component--is unlikely to add substantially to GDP growth for quite some time.
10 Jul 08	Current State of the Housing Market The bottom fell out of both new home sales in May, a direct result of the expiration of home buyer tax credits. Existing home sales weakened as well.
10 May 05	Mills Reopen as Profitability Improves by 20% Prospects for sawmill profitability have increased significantly in 2010, leading curtailed and closed sawmills in the South to reopen. The gap between input and output prices has created this path to improved profitability, announces Forest2Market.
10 Apr 01	Forest2Market’s Pete Stewart Wins Staff Award at Forest Resources Association’s Annual Meeting Forest2Market’s President and CEO, Pete Stewart, received the Staff Award at the Forest Resources Association’s 2010 Annual Meeting for his support of the organization and its goals.
10 Mar 08	Orders and Shipments of Southern Yellow Pine Framing Lumber Fall Dramatically; Prices Level Off Volume of southern yellow pine framing lumber--both orders and shipments--dropped dramatically over the last three weeks; steep price increases level off.
10 Feb 16	Forest2Market announces 2010 timber price forecast for U.S. South. Forest2Market announces 2010 timber price forecast for U.S. South. Prices will continue to gain ground.
10 Feb 04	2009 Pulp and Paper Mill Production Down 4.5 percent in U.S. South; Sawmill Production Down 21.3 percent Forest2Market announces 2009 forest products industry results for the U.S. South. Production and raw material prices fall. Biomass prices increase.
10 Jan 25	Forest Products Pricing and Consulting Firm Forest2Market Celebrates 10th Anniversary Forest2Market, the forest products industry’s premier provider of pricing data and consulting solutions, announced that it marked its 10th Anniversary in January.
10 Jan 18	Weak Demand for Wood Pellets in 2009 Drives Sawdust and Other Mill Residue Prices Lower in the Pacific Northwest Demand for wood pellets in 2009 was well below both manufacturing capacity and production levels. As a result, prices for sawdust and shavings (the raw materials used by pellet manufacturers) in the Pacific Northwest moved off their 2008 highs, reports Forest2Market, the premier provider of market data and information about the wood supply chain.
09 Dec 17	Forest2Market’s Lumber Price Reports Show Increased Volume of Southern Yellow Pine Going to Builders, Higher Prices Volume and pricing for #2 2x4s and 2x6s strengthen; builders dominate market, grow inventory and drive price increases in most recent two-month period.
09 Dec 09	First-Ever Study Quantifies the Economic Impact of Private, Working Forests in the U.S. A new study, commissioned by the National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) and conducted by Forest2Market®, quantifies the economic impact of private, working forests on the U.S. economy. The study found a significant gap between the contributions made by privately-owned forests over other ownership types. On average, they generate $277,000 in state GDP per 1,000 acres, while public forests generate just $41,000 per 1,000 acres.
09 Dec 07	Forest2Market has moved. Our new phone number is 704-540-1440. Our contact information as of December 7, 2009 is: 14045 Ballantyne Corporate Place (Brixton Green Two) Suite 150 Charlotte, NC 28277-2845 Phone: (704) 540-1440 Fax: (704) 540-6301
09 Nov 02	Forest2Market® Names Sam Houston as Manager of Supply Chain Services Sam Houston brings 21 years of industry experience to Forest2Market, where he will lead industry-wide initiatives and manage existing customer relationships.
09 Oct 29	Forest2Market® Launches Mill2Market, Weekly Lumber Price Reports Forest2Market unveils Mill2Market, weekly lumber price reports for buyers and sellers in the wholesale lumber trade. Mill2Market provides transaction-based pricing for a range of species, dimensions and lengths to help companies improve their net sales realizations.
09 Oct 05	Log Prices Strengthen in the Pacific Northwest Log prices in the Pacific Northwest strengthened in August stemming an 18-month slide, according to Forest2Market, a provider of pricing data and analysis for the forest, wood products and bioenergy industries. Diminished log supply and increased emphasis on export shipments led to the increases.
09 Jul 06	Forest2Market® Launches New Website The redesigned site offers a distinct home for each of the company’s customer segments, enhanced information about Forest2Market products and services and easier access to an enriched free content library.
09 May 12	Forest2Market Announces New Wood Bioenergy Newsletter: Forest2Fuel Forest2Market, Inc.® will produce the first issue of its new wood bioenergy newsletter, Forest2Fuel, in June. Published bi-monthly, Forest2Fuel will cover the state of the wood bioenergy industry in the United States as well as international factors affecting U.S. markets.
09 Apr 17	Forest2Market’s Delivered Price Benchmark Reduces Risk for Wood Bioenergy Companies Wood bioenergy companies can reduce feedstock price risk and increase financing options by indexing their supply and power purchase agreements to Forest2Market’s Delivered Price Benchmark.
09 Apr 10	Forest2Market CEO, Pete Stewart, publishes “Bioenergy: Changing the Relationship between Energy and the Environment” Forest products companies have more experience operating in the nexus between the economy, the environment and energy than any other industry. As early adopters of cogeneration and as self-regulators on the issue of sustainability, the industry has often taken a creative approach toward survival.
09 Mar 25	Forest2Market CEO Pete Stewart Publishes “Forest to Fuel: The State of Bioenergy” An in-depth look at the current state of the wood bioenergy industry. Find an assessment of bioenergy production models and which ones are more likely to succeed.
09 Mar 10	Forest2Market Announces U.S. South Sawtimber Market Outlook for 2009 Forest2Market trend data shows that another 15 sawmills will close across the U.S. South in 2009, removing an additional 750 million board feet of lumber production from the market.
09 Mar 01	Forest2Market CEO Pete Stewart publishes “A Changing Paradigm: Energy and the Wood Fiber Supply Chain” Emerging wood bioenergy industries will change the way we think and talk about the wood fiber supply chain. Find out how the paradigm has already begun to shift and which energy and environmental policies will push the boundries even more.
08 Dec 30	Pete Stewart’s Article on Forest Biomass in the U.S. South Appears in International Forest Industries In the December 2008/January 2009 issue of International Forest Industries, Forest2Market’s Founder and President/CEO, Pete Stewart writes about the challenges facing the bioenergy sector in its plans to use forest biomass to produce energy in the U.S. South, from biomass harvesting to supply substitution.
08 Dec 30	Pete Stewart’s Article on Biomass Appears in South Carolina Forestry Forest2Market’s Founder and President/CEO, Pete Stewart, writes about how the bioenergy boom is affecting the timber industry in the November issue of South Carolina Forestry.
08 Aug 25	Southern Forest Industry Braces for Bioenergy Emerging biomass markets will significantly strengthen demand for wood fiber in the South, driving prices higher for forest products as the United States turns to alternative fuels for energy, according to a study released Monday by Forest2Market.
08 Apr 08	South Carolina's Pulpwood Prices Boosted by Housing Slump, Exports Despite the slowing national economy, pulpwood prices in coastal South Carolina have been resilient because of decreased lumber production and increased exports, an expert in the forest products industry said Tuesday.
08 Mar 31	Forest Industry Positioned to Survive Housing Downturn Despite the slowing housing market and subsequent downturn afflicting lumber mills, forests in the Pacific Northwest remain a valuable resource with important products that are still in demand, an expert in the forest industry said Monday.
08 Mar 06	Pacific Northwest Must Seek New Path Out of the Current Crisis The Pacific Northwest forest products industry, riding the current swell of unprecedented foreclosure rates, must make strategic cuts to mitigate the effects off the current credit crisis. Evidence of such decisions is rampant. Mills are shutting down throughout the Pacific Northwest, and thousands of jobs are at risk. The strategies mills and timberland owners will use to stay afloat today must differ radically from those in the past.
08 Mar 06	Demand for Region's Pulpwood on the Rise The slowing housing market, combined with increased demand from facilities that make wood pellets for fuel, should boost pulpwood prices in southern Georgia, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle as mills compete for raw materials, an expert in the forest products industry said Wednesday.
08 Mar 04	Housing Sector Forces Mills to Cut Production, Timber Prices Falling Timber prices in western South Carolina could reach historic lows this summer, prompted by closures and shift reductions at area mills, an expert in the forest products industry said Tuesday.
08 Feb 05	Timber Prices High, but Forest Industry Slowing Down Wet weather and plywood mills have kept timber prices elevated in northern Louisiana despite the struggling housing market, but the weakening economy is expected to pull prices down in the spring, an expert in the forest products industry said Tuesday.
08 Feb 05	Housing, Drought Impact Housing Market The struggling housing market has forced mill closures and lumber production cutbacks in eastern North Carolina and Virginia, and the regional drought has driven timber prices to their lowest levels in almost a year, an expert in the forest products industry said Tuesday.
08 Jan 23	F2M CEO Pete Stewart to Speak at Global Forest Industry Conference Forest2Market President and CEO Pete Stewart will deliver a speech about wood-based energy and the demand for pulpwood at the 2008 Pulp and Paper Strategies Conference in Miami.
08 Jan 07	Timber Prices Drop in Storm's Aftermath The early December storm that ravaged the Pacific Northwest and devastated thousands of acres of forests will lower timber prices, an expert in the forest industry said Monday.
08 Jan 04	Alternative Fuel Demand Boosts Prices of Forest Products Power companies in the South and Pacific Northwest will drive prices for wood fuels higher as new facilities are built to produce an energy alternative to fossil fuels, experts in the forest products industry said Friday.
07 Dec 11	Weak Lumber Markets Contribute to Higher Pulpwood Prices Pulpwood prices in Arkansas, Louisiana and Eastern Texas are rising as the national housing slump drags lumber prices to the basement, an expert in the forest products industry said Tuesday.
07 Nov 20	Mills Struggle In Weak Housing Market Uncertainty and market volatility in the forest products industry caused by the residential housing sector is likely to force lumber mills in the South to cut production or shut down for extended periods of time.
07 Oct 16	Southern Forests Producing Energy-Efficient Fuel As U.S. policy officials look for ways to reduce the nation’s dependency on foreign oil and Europe strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Southern forests are emerging as a renewable and clean energy alternative, according to experts in the forest products industry.
07 Oct 05	Mississippi Lumber Prices Low; Mill Closures Likely Lumber markets in southern Mississippi will continue to suffer until the residential construction industry begins to recover toward the end of 2008, a forest products industry expert said Monday.
07 Sep 19	Europe Influences Southern Wood Prices Demand from utilities in the European Union will be driving prices of pine pulpwood upward in parts of south Alabama, south Georgia and Florida’s panhandle, experts in the forest products industry said Wednesday.
07 Sep 19	Rain Hurts Pulpwood Markets in Southeast Texas The persistent rainfall that drenched southeast Texas for more than eight months is keeping pine pulpwood prices above historical norms as mills fight to maintain their inventories, an industry expert said Wednesday.
07 Aug 20	Wildfires, Housing Have Lasting Effect on Timber Prices Wildfires scorching more than 500,000 acres this year in Florida and Georgia caused prices of wood products to drop, and prices are expected to remain below the area’s historic levels for months, according to experts in the forest products industry.
07 Aug 03	Housing Slump Hurts Sawtimber, Pulpwood Strong in Alabama Peter J. Stewart recently told landowners that the housing slump has hurt sawtimber prices. But he said pulpwood markets are strong and carbon absorption could be a new revenue source for timberlands.
07 Jul 19	Forest2Market Establishes Pacific-Northwest Office Forest2Market has expanded to the Pacific Northwest. Gordon Culbertson, a veteran of the industry with more than 30 years of experience, has joined Forest2Market to lead its business in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Montana.
07 May 14	Forest Products Industry Impacted By Higher Costs Higher raw material costs continue to hamper the forest products industry, negatively impacting earnings during the first quarter of 2007. Prices for delivered logs and chips increased during the first quarter costing paper, paperboard and solid wood manufacturers $2.4 billion.
07 Mar 27	Sawmills Squeezed as Consumers Benefit Land owners, timber producers and sawmills suffer as prices for pine saw timber declined dramatically in 2006. At the same time, the data shows consumers are enjoying the best lumber prices from their local hardware stores in more than 18 months.
06 Jul 17	South Carolina Landowners Encouraged to Plant Trees With three new wood products mills coming to South Carolina within the next two years and an announcement of a fourth mill expected soon, the Palmetto State needs increased tree planting to support its growing timber industry.
05 Oct 17	NC Extension Forestry, SC Forestry Commission subscribe to F2M Forest2Market, Inc. has added two new timber price reports to its roster of publications, it was announced today by Pete Stewart, company president and founder. The new reports will be issued quarterly for North and South Carolina.
05 Sep 09	The Georgia Forestry Commission Subscribes to F2M The Georgia Timber Report, will be issued quarterly for The Georgia Forestry Commission.
05 Jun 02	F2M Launches Industry Benchmark Service Next month, Forest2Market, Inc. (F2M) will unveil a new service that will allow forest products companies to evaluate their performance against their peers – a first for an industry known for being highly fragmented.

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