Forest2Market Articles Published in Industry Journals

A Pacific Northwest region perspective on the impact the U.S. Renewable Energy Standard may have on the Pulp and Paper Industry over the next 20 years.

Read Gordon Culbertson's article as published in Tappi's Ahead of the Curve, "Will the Pulp and Paper Industry Get Burned by Renewable Energy Standards?", December 23, 2009.
This study quantifies, in multiple ways, the contribution of the forestry, wood products, paper products and wood furniture industries on state and regional economies. In scope, these industries contribute as much to the national economy as the plastics and rubber manufacturing industry.

Read Forest2Market's study as produced for the National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO), "The Economic Impact of Privately-Owned Forests," September 8, 2009.
How will the burgeoning wood energy industry affect the supply and price of wood fiber as domestic renewable energy requirements and the Kyoto Protocol’s 20 x ’20 obligation place further pressure on governments, utilities and manufacturers?

Read Pete Stewart's article, "The Effect of the Wood-to-Electricity Industry on Wood Fiber Markets," in Engineered Wood Journal's Fall 2009 issue.
An overview of the wood bioenergy supply chain and how you can ensure an adequate and affordable feedstock supply for your bioenergy facility.

Read Pete Stewart's article, "A Crash Course: Supply-Shed Economics," in Wood Bioenergy's Summer 2009 issue.

Deliberate on the nexus between the energy, the environment and the forestry industry.

Read Pete Stewart's article, "Bioenergy: The Changing Relationship between Energy and the Environment," in Hardwood Matters's April 2009 issue.

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.

Read Pete Stewart’s “Forest to Fuel: The State of Bioenergy" in Panel World Magazine 's March 2009 issue.

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.

Read Pete Stewart's “A Changing Paradigm: Bioenergy and the Wood Fiber Supply Chain" in the Louisiana Forestry Association's Forests and People Magazine , published in March 2009.

How much demand for wood fiber will new bioenergy facilities produce in the U.S. South? This article takes a quantitative look at both bioenergy demand and the supply of the different classes of wood fiber that will be available to meet the demand.

Read Pete Stewart’s "The Changing Supply Chain: The Effects of Wood-to-Energy Production on the Building Products Market" in Building Products Digest and Merchant Magazine's January 2009 issues.

Explore the effects that increased demand for pulpwood by bioenergy companies will have on the lumber and building products industry. This article traces the path from bioenergy demand to increased pulpwood prices to sawtimber shortages. Find out what can LBM companies do to manage the coming supply chain disruptions.

Read Pete Stewart's "Forest Biomass in Southern US: The Future of Wood Fibre Supply and Demand" in International Forest Industries ' December 2008/January 2009 issue.

Developments in bioenergy in South Carolina and across the U.S. South will have a dramatic impact on wood fiber demand and prices. Many players in the industry — landowners, timberland management companies and loggers — have already started modifying their business strategies. Should you?

Read Pete Stewart’s “Bioenergy Investments Begin to Rattle the Forest Products Industry" from South Carolina Forestry's November 2008 issue.

As a result of volatile chip prices, transportation costs and competition from foreign manufacturers, U.S. pulp and paper companies offset supply-side risks by securing wood fiber through some long-term contracts and relying on the bidding process to purchase additional wood fiber when times were good. Although supply agreements cannot guarantee a set price, they can reduce price inflation due to competing bids from the bioenergy industries.

Read Keun-Hae Lee's "Supply Agreements in a 'Green' Economy" from Paper 360°'s May 2008 issue.

A “perfect storm” with the potential to alter the U.S. timber industry is on the horizon. Increasingly, the world is looking to forests in the United States for solutions to economic, environmental, and social ills caused by rising oil prices, climate change associated with global warming, and homeland security. Consumer demand for sustainable and environmentally safe energy alternatives has opened the door for government and corporate spending on sustainable energy technologies. As a result, existing wood fuel markets such as wood pellets and cogeneration are expanding and new markets in cellulosic ethanol and carbon sequestration are on the rise.

Read Scott Twillman, Reuben Rangel, and Keun-Hae Lee’s “U.S. Forests Could Help Solve the World’s Energy Crisis” from Tree Farmer's January/February 2008 issue.

History and tradition die hard; nowhere is this more true than in the southern U.S. where the vast majority of timberland is still privately owned. Increasingly, however, ownership has gone from being a family legacy to a financial investment vehicle. This transformation highlights the importance of accurate, in-depth timber pricing and market information when determining the timing of harvests and other management and investment opportunities.

Read Rueben Rangel’s “A Case for Accurate and Transparent Timber Pricing” from Forest Landowner’s May/June 2007 issue.