by Kirkland | Sep 30, 2020 | Magazine
OCTOBER 2020 Cover: Rex Lumber Puts Troy Mill On The Map TROY, Alabama – Rex Lumber is pushing hard toward production capacity at its new southern yellow pine sawmill here. Given the amazing hike in lumber prices over the summer, the mill is finding its footing at the...
by Kirkland | Sep 22, 2020 | The Issues
No Barnum & Bailey Act But We’re Trying Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-In-Chief, Timber Processing September 2020 If you didn’t know any better, you would think the Timber Processing & Energy Expo, scheduled for September 30 to October 2 in Portland,...
by Kirkland | Sep 18, 2020 | News
Single-Family Housing Starts Go Up According to the U.S. Census Bureau monthly new residential construction report, U.S. single-family housing starts continued their climb in August, reaching 1.021 million, a 4.1% increase over July and 12% above August a year ago....
by Kirkland | Sep 17, 2020 | News
Oregon Road Closures Hit Log Truck Routes Oregon forest products operators are facing more challenges thanks to the indefinite closure of key state highway transportation routes that connect the high Cascades and central Oregon with key log markets in the Willamette...
by Kirkland | Sep 17, 2020 | News
Louisiana Mills Endure Hurricane Laura The first major hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Laura, made landfall at peak intensity in Cameron, La. on August 27. The storm was the 10th-strongest U.S. hurricane to make landfall by windspeed on...
by Kirkland | Sep 17, 2020 | Machinery Row
Vecoplan VPC Pre-Crusher Bulky wood waste such as crates, pallets and cable reels can now be efficiently pre-processed with Vecoplan’s VPC Pre-Crusher machine. The VPC is designed to be paired with any Vecoplan shredder to increase output by 50–200%. Outfitted with...
