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Betsy Bates

Trade War Continues To Impact Forestry Sector

January 10, 2020/0 Comments/in news-2020 /by Betsy Bates

While the U.S. economy is doing well overall, the trade war with China is causing distortions in the normal supply and demand curve for the forestry sector.

“Housing starts are trending upward, and it looks like 2019 will be more of a flat spot in the housing start curve than a downturn.  Interest rates are low and the housing forecast for 2020 is pretty good.  So you’d think that stumpage prices would also trend upward,” writes Marshall Thomas, president of F&W Forestry Services, Inc., in his company’s winter newsletter.

But Thomas said the trade war with China has caused U.S. markets to be flooded with excess wood on top of already existing supply excesses.

While there has been a de-escalation of the trade war with the “phase one” agreement between the U.S. and China, the impact of the tariffs on the forest products sector has been harsh and has caused severe financial harm, particularly to the hardwood industry.

“But the bad news is that there is no resolution to the Chinese tariffs already impacting the wood products industry—and the U.S. Trade Representative has indicated it could take years to resolve the differences with China,” Thomas wrote.

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Interest In Forest-Generated Carbon Offset Markets Growing

January 10, 2020/0 Comments/in news-2020 /by Betsy Bates

In 2008, the F&W Forestry Report reported on the newly developing forest-generated carbon offset market.  At the time, the market was fairly young but the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) was buying and selling carbon credits (or “offsets”) on a voluntary basis and F&W was a CCX-approved carbon aggregator.  But a lack of national policy on climate change and low market activity eventually led the CCX to cease trading carbon.

With worldwide carbon emissions continuing to trend upward, there has been a renewed interest from both public and private sectors to increase the capture of atmospheric carbon through active forest management.

In the winter newsletter, F&W’s John Godbee and Stephen Logan discuss how forest-generated carbon sequestration programs continue to evolve and the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and rewards to forest landowners wanting to participate in the market.

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Betsy Bates

U.S. Wood Pellet Demand Thriving

January 10, 2020/0 Comments/in news-2020 /by Betsy Bates

Foreign demand for U.S. wood pellets continues to climb, with exports more than doubling between 2013 and 2018, growing from 2.99 million metric tons to 6.02 million, according to data from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

This demand has led to an explosion of wood pellet production facilities in the U.S. over the last decade, particularly in the Southeast.  With global demand for wood pellets projected to continue on this steep upward trajectory, manufacturers are reacting by expanding production capacity and investing in additional mills.

Currently most U.S. wood pellet exports are destined for Europe, primarily the UK, but there is growing demand from Asia for pellets, which is expected to grow exponentially over the next three years.

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Betsy Bates

USDA Announces Block Grants For Hurricane Damage

January 10, 2020/0 Comments/in news-2020 /by Betsy Bates

In November, the USDA announced $800 million in block grants to Florida, Georgia, and Alabama to provide assistance to landowners in disaster-designated areas affected by hurricanes Michael and Florence.

While the individual states will determine how the funds are distributed, block grant funding is intended to cover losses for timber, poultry, cattle, and necessary expenses related to losses of horticultural crops and present value losses associated with pecan production.

Florida Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried said the funds will be used to compensate timber producers for lost value of their trees damaged by Hurricane Michael in 2018.  The state departments of agriculture in Georgia and Alabama are still working out the details on how to allot the funding in their states.

Click here for more information on the Florida program.  https://www.fdacs.gov/News-Events/Press-Releases/2019-Press-Releases/Commissioner-Nikki-Fried-Announces-380-Million-in-USDA-Disaster-Relief-for-Florida

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