Evaluating opportunities for small woodland owners has some unique challenges. One of those challenges is that the opportunities available for small woodland owners are supply side driven. That means that the opportunity is based on a particular supply of material rather than demand from customers. Your woodland . . . → Read More: Supply Side Opportunities
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One of the big news stories here in Portland right now is a wildfire on Mt. Adams in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. On Sunday they were reporting the fire to be a couple hundred acres, today, two days later, 8000 acres. For now they are attributing the fire to a lightning strike on June 29th. . . . → Read More: Mt. Adams Wildfire The vast majority of people, corporations, organizations and governments, are reactive in nature. When a problem or situation comes about, they react to it. A much smaller amount of the time do these entities begin solving a problem, before it’s a problem. Before I get any further, I must first say that this is not a . . . → Read More: Acting vs. Reacting Recently there has been a few news stories about the large poplar tree farms out by Boardman. The short history is that Potlatch planted these massive hybrid poplar tree farms, sold them to a group called Greenwood Resources, which has contracted with Collins to build a large sawmill that will process the poplar under the brand . . . → Read More: The Rise of Poplar Valley A few days ago I wrote about some factors influencing firewood availability and prices for the fall this year, but perhaps a more interesting question is what will happen to wood pellet availability and price. Over the past several years the availability of wood pellets in the west has been erratic, sometimes easy to find and . . . → Read More: Wood Pellet Availability in the Fall Almost everyone has a list of business ideas they keep in their back pocket. It’s not a perfect world, and there is always a better way to do things, a different approach, or an unprovided service. When you are a part of a system, you always see its shortcomings. Make no mistake though, seeing a shortcoming, . . . → Read More: Evaluating new business ideas It’s not particularly unusual for a business to tout its “green” credentials anymore. Although, I tend to see businesses market themselves more as sustainable, or eco-friendly, or any number of other buzzwords, but not so much green. Green has some less than positive connotations in certain segments of the market. It’s a word that’s been used . . . → Read More: Costco talks about going Green Despite overwhelming evidence of strong supply and weakening demand, oil prices continue to surge, topping $140 today. If the bubble doesn’t pop, what will firewood prices look like for the fall season? This subject has been getting some press lately, although mostly on the east coast in Maine. Back east, more people rely on oil as . . . → Read More: How high will firewood prices go this fall? Carbon credits are a big topic right now, and receiving a lot of attention, some have even deemed it a carbon “gold rush”. Not an inappropriate term since we have a lot of people and organizations trying to cash in on a product that is still in development. Carbon however, is not the only potential new . . . → Read More: Do you know all of your woodlands assets? It is both a painful and exciting time for the forest products industry. On the one hand, you have the worst lumber market in 30 years. The bursting of the housing bubble has destroyed demand for commodity lumber. But, on the other hand, you have sprouting opportunities for countless specialty products. Adversity for one group, means . . . → Read More: The Evolution of Forest Products |
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