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"Hello, this is Andrew Snook with your news of the week. In today’s newsletter read about John Deere's recent acquisition announcement, the upcoming Women in Forestry Virtual Summit sessions, and more!"

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News

Women in Forestry Virtual Summit preview: Raising the ceiling

Session 2: Raising the ceiling, will focus on how we attract more women into leadership roles in the forest products sector.

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Frozen roads and railways delay lumber shipments

North American sawmills maintained firm pricing and decent order files, while buyers digested their current positions and pondered their next moves.

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Cascades closing three packaging plants

Cascades is discontinuing its honeycomb paperboard and partition packaging product business and closing plants in Saint-Césaire and Berthierville, Que., and York, Pa.

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A breath of fresh air for Rodrigue Métal

With facilities comparable in size to a Canadian football field, the company, originally founded by the Rodrigue family in 1964, is doubling its production capacity.

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Features

Q&A: Svetlana Kayumova on women in forestry

Svetlana Kayumova is Vice-President of Corporate Communications & Government Relations at Interfor and a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team.

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BioNorth Energy’s Craig Brightman: WPAC’s Latest Safety Hero

The Wood Pellet Association of Canada is pleased to announce its latest safety hero: Craig Brightman, Second-Class Power Engineer and supervisor at BioNorth Energy.

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Sponsored Spotlight

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BKT presents an innovative tire specifically developed for forestry applications and for some agricultural operations: we’re talking about FORESTLAND.

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News

John Deere announces acquisition of intellectual property and related assets from Risutec Oy

Deere & Company recently announced it has acquired the intellectual property and related assets for tree planting equipment from Risutec Oy, a Finland-based equipment manufacturing company.

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Canfor Pulp announces asset write-down and impairment charge

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. has announced that it will record a non-cash asset write down and impairment charge totalling approximately $106 million in its fourth quarter of 2025 results.

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Events

February 25, 2026 | Stadthalle, Pollheimerstraße 1, 4600 Wels, Austria

European Pellet Conference 2026  

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March 5, 2026 | Virtual Summit, Live and Bilingual, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST

Women in Forestry Virtual Summit  

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March 11-12, 2026 | 1128 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6E 4R5, Canada

FEA's Global Softwood Log & Lumber Conference 

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March 17-19, 2026 | Broadmoor Resort Colorado Springs, Colo.

IPWA World of Wood Convention  

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March 26-27, 2026 | Moncton Coliseum Moncton, N.B.

Atlantic Heavy Equipment Show 

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