Mississippi Business Journal » foresters http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:35:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Longleaf pine reforestation could have $300M economic impact http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/10/longleaf-pine-reforestation-could-have-300m-economic-impact/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=longleaf-pine-reforestation-could-have-300m-economic-impact http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/10/longleaf-pine-reforestation-could-have-300m-economic-impact/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:09:21 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55525 SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — A long-term, federal initiative aimed at more than doubling the size of longleaf pine forests in the Southeast could have an estimated $300 million economic impact in the Mississippi Pine Belt. In February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that 20 restoration projects had been programmed for 2012, including a $2.7 million [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/10/longleaf-pine-reforestation-could-have-300m-economic-impact/feed/ 0 County to spend $5.1 million for levee at KiOR site http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/30/county-to-spend-5-1-million-for-levee-at-kior-site/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-to-spend-5-1-million-for-levee-at-kior-site http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/30/county-to-spend-5-1-million-for-levee-at-kior-site/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:08:24 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55028 ADAMS COUNTY — Adams County will spend $5.1 million to put up a levee at the industrial site where a biofuels company intends to locate. Biofuels company KiOR said Monday it would locate its second Mississippi production facility in Natchez, a move that will create 300 jobs. The facility will be built on a 120-acre [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/30/county-to-spend-5-1-million-for-levee-at-kior-site/feed/ 0 EPA starts cleanup of former Davis Timber site http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/03/epa-starts-cleanup-of-former-davis-timber-site/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=epa-starts-cleanup-of-former-davis-timber-site http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/03/epa-starts-cleanup-of-former-davis-timber-site/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=50203 LAMAR COUNTY — The Environmental Protection Agency has started the cleanup of the Davis Timber Superfund site in Lamar County and the length of the project and cost could turn out to be less than expected. The Hattiesburg American reports EPA official Scott Martin from Atlanta has told supervisors that a November survey of the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/03/epa-starts-cleanup-of-former-davis-timber-site/feed/ 0 Lawmakers pushing for controversial new farm subsidy http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/07/lawmakers-pushing-for-controversial-new-farm-subsidy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lawmakers-pushing-for-controversial-new-farm-subsidy http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/07/lawmakers-pushing-for-controversial-new-farm-subsidy/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:27:28 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=48252 WASHINGTON — Farm-state lawmakers are moving to create a whole new subsidy that would protect farmers when their revenue drops — an unprecedented program that critics say could pay billions of dollars to farmers now enjoying record-high crop prices. The subsidy, free insurance that would cover farmers’ “shallow crop losses” before their paid insurance kicks [...]

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