canadian forest industries magazine

[snowstorm]

dont know if any of you read it. its online. there is a vidieo on there from irving talking about the soft wood pulp market in nb.

[lumberjack48]

To be a reliable producer you have to stock pile wood so that you have the inventory when they want it.

[Mark Wentzell]

If irving had it their way they wouldn't buy a single log from any private land owner. They can get crown wood cheaper.
A few months ago they shut down crown pulpwood deliveries to give the private land owners a market for their wood. A few days after this , irving was hauling crown pulpwood, then the ban got lifted. and now their trying to show how receptive they are to private wood but when the gov't cuts off their crown wood supply they ignore it.

I just see them portraying themselves more friendly to the small land owner than they actually appear to be.

I think the ultimate solution is finding another use for pulpwood other than paper. With mills closing the way they are  the market for it is disappearing quickly. I don't know maybe when cellulosic ethanol becomes reality they'll open a plant up here. Maybe a wood fired power plant....

I'm rambling.