Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 5/11/21

When the South Carolina forest products industry desired to grow their timber on longer rotations, they needed a new market for their wood. Although the pulp and paper industries were viable markets, many private landowners wanted to sell their timber as sawlogs in the construction industry and have the lumber live on in buildings, having useful, protected existences. In 2011, the South Carolina forest products industry asked Clemson University to help expand its market.

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