Southern yellow pine (SYP) consists of four major species: loblolly, slash, longleaf and shortleaf. They grow abundantly throughout the 13 southern states. In fact, over 15 billion board feet of ...

The slash pine tree (Pinus elliottii) is one of four southern yellow pines native to southeastern United States. Slash pine is also called southern pine, yellow slash pine, swamp pine, pitch pine, and ...

Southern Yellow Pine is one of North America's largest sources of lumber supply and represents over 36% of softwood North American softwood lumber production. The growth of this species in the US, ...

VANCOUVER, BC — Interfor Corp. said weak demand for southern yellow pine lumber is forcing it to reduce production by 20 percent at its southern U.S. mills.Work hours at the mills were reduced by five ...

Southern yellow pine lumber prices have languished, prompting mill closures in the region. (Charlotte Kesl for The Wall Street Journal) Lumber producer Interfor said it would close two sawmills due to ...

Power producer Drax is scouting locations in the American pine belt to build electricity generators fueled by burning wood chips. The plan calls for constructing wood-fired power plants in parts of ...