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The episode discusses the crisis facing Alabama's timber industry due to market failures and mill closures.

Alabama’s timber industry, a cornerstone of the state’s economy, is confronting a systemic market failure that threatens to wipe out billions in generational wealth. According to a new whitepaper titled America's Renewable Resource in Crisis, the permanent closure of ten major pulp and paper mills across the Southeast since 2023 has created a "supply trap" for local landowners and logging contractors. Our guest today is the man who sounded the alarm on this very issue and the co-author of the...

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