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Who Gets What?The Business of Lumbering in IndianaProtection of forests, differences between hard and soft wood, new wood-based construction materials such as used recently in the new Elanco building Indianapolis, Issues involving expansion of The Deam Wilderness Area, all are considered in this lively, diverse conversation with Ray Moistner, executive director of The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermens Association. 2024-12-1129 min
The Business of Agriculture Podcast121 - Hardwoods — Indiana’s Largest Agricultural Industry (Believe it or Not)Per the Indiana Department of Agriculture, hardwoods are my home state's largest agricultural industry in terms of economic impact. That’s why I thought it was time to give timber it’s due credit. Ray Moistner, Executive Director of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association and Brett Franklin of Tri-State Timber sit down with me to talk wood. You’ll learn some things you didn’t know about the lumber business. Like for instance, there are more acres of forest east of the Mississippi than there were a century ago. And, the forestry business is responsible for $10 billion of industry just in In...2020-02-1136 min
The Business of Agriculture Podcast121 - Hardwoods — Indiana’s Largest Agricultural Industry (Believe it or Not)Per the Indiana Department of Agriculture, hardwoods are my home state's largest agricultural industry in terms of economic impact. That’s why I thought it was time to give timber it’s due credit. Ray Moistner, Executive Director of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association and Brett Franklin of Tri-State Timber sit down with me to talk wood. You’ll learn some things you didn’t know about the lumber business. Like for instance, there are more acres of forest east of the Mississippi than there were a century ago. And, the forestry business is responsible for $10 billion of industr...2020-02-1136 min
The Business of Agriculture Podcast121 - Hardwoods — Indiana’s Largest Agricultural Industry (Believe it or Not)Per the Indiana Department of Agriculture, hardwoods are my home state's largest agricultural industry in terms of economic impact. That’s why I thought it was time to give timber it’s due credit. Ray Moistner, Executive Director of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association and Brett Franklin of Tri-State Timber sit down with me to talk wood. You’ll learn some things you didn’t know about the lumber business. Like for instance, there are more acres of forest east of the Mississippi than there were a century ago. And, the forestry business is responsible for $10 billion of industry just in In...2020-02-1136 minWho Gets What?The Lumber Business of IndianaRay Moistner is Executive Director of The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermens Association which represents wood from start to finish: planting, extracting, replacing, cutting, shipping, protecting and manufacturing into finish products. Much here that John and Morton did not know: that Indiana, for example, replaces 2.3 trees for every tree removed, that we are not deforesting like Brazil, that out-of-state marauders stole Indiana timber until Ray's association lobbied to make such thefts a felony, and much more. 2019-05-0228 min