Plant 'em thick. Close the mill.
Paper companies taught a century of Southern timber families to grow the trees — then walked away from the buyers.
Source article: Pulpwood prices in the South hit 40-year low as paper mills close.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- economy, economy, business and finance, manufacturing and engineering, consumer goods, environment
- Primary entities
- International Paper, Weyerhaeuser, ArborGen, Howard family, Savannah, Georgia
- Themes
- forestry, rural economy, containerboard industry, timber markets, agricultural adaptation
- Floor values engaged
- Equality & fairness, human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power