USDA Grants Will Create New Uses and Markets for Wood Products

Randall Weiseman May 17, 2016 Alabama, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack holding a sample of Cross Laminated Timber (Picture courtesy of USDA)

The Agriculture Department’s Forest Service is helping pay for new projects to create new uses and markets for wood products. Gary Crawford has the story.

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