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Multi-million center for wood-based composite materials

August 13, 2010
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Multi-million center for wood-based composite materials

The Oregon State University (OSU) and Virginia Tech were chosen by the National Science Foundation to lead a new Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. The center will focus on a wood-based composite materials and is the center of $2.2 million, five-year research initiative, . The center will facilitate the work of  six OSU faculty members and three OSU graduate...
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Cisgenics — New Tool for Biotechnology

July 19, 2010
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Cisgenics — New Tool for Biotechnology

Cisgenics success may help create bigger trees faster and transcend some of the costly, time-consuming regulatory hurdles.
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Deere launches new website

July 2, 2010
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Deere launches new website

  Deere has launched a user friendly biomass webiste, www.woodbiomass.com. It’s an educational site, which answers questions like: • what is it • why harvest it • is there proof that it works It takes a little while to load, but is visually stunning. The...
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250,000 Skid Steers

June 18, 2010
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250,000 Skid Steers

Case manufactures 250,000th skid steer
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Don’t miss the Bruks 805 Demo

June 11, 2010
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Don’t miss the Bruks 805 Demo

I just got back from the Bruks Biomass Harvesting Demo, hosted by Modern Machinery and Bruks. The two-day demo is being held on a Weyerhaeuser tree farm outside Montesano,...
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New Children’s Book – Forests for All

June 4, 2010
By Di Mettler
New Children’s Book – Forests for All

Melanie Dundy recently published a children’s book entitled Forests for All. The book is illustrated by Kara Richardson. The characters in the book, Bo The Bull Elk and J.D....
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