POMEROY — A small group of employees at Columbia Pulp in Pomeroy recently huddled around the base of a conveyor belt that transports wheat straw to a chest where it is mixed with water and chemicals.

Is wheat straw the next big thing in natural fibers? Maybe so, according to a new report from environmental nonprofit Canopy.

STARBUCK, Wash. — A one-of-a-kind pulp plant in Eastern Washington will convert wheat straw into pulp that will go into a variety of new products. When it is operational early next year, Columbia Pulp ...

Here’s a switch! Rather than closing another pulp and paper mill, a new one is under construction in Washington. Columbia Pulp’s plant on the Snake River will use a new technology that pulls cellulose ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish hygiene products maker Essity said on Thursday it will build a test plant in Germany to produce pulp from wheat straw and other plant-based agricultural by-products to ...