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Interest Building For Mid-South Show
Interest continues to build in the Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, the South’s premier and longest-running live machine demo event, set to unfold for two days on September 17 near Starkville, Miss. As usual, it will be held on Mississippi State University’s John W....
Canfor To Invest In Louisiana
Canfor Corp. has announced it will invest approximately $160 million to build a new, state-of-the-art sawmill near DeRidder, La. The facility will have an annual production capacity of 250MMBF on a two-shift basis and will directly employ about 130 people plus create...
Laura Bosworth To Lead SWPA
Southeastern Wood Producers Assn. (SWPA) has named Laura Bosworth as its new Executive Director. As of April 12, Bosworth fills the position held for many years by her predecessor, Tommy Carroll, who is retiring in June after 20 years with SWPA and…
Endowment Launches TimberHauling.com
U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities in May announced the official launch of TimberHauling.com, a national buyers’ group that provides savings on products and services to nearly 10,000 independent small trucking and hauling businesses. The...
New From Husqvarna: X-Tough Light Saw Bars
Husqvarna, in partnership with noted manufacturer Sugihara/Diatop Co. Ltd., has announced the launch of the new Husqvarna X-Tough Light bars. Made for everyday professional forestry and tree care work, the new Husqvarna X-Tough Light bars offer a…
Drax Announces $40M Investment In Arkansas
Drax Group will begin constructing the first of three new “satellite” pellet plants in Arkansas, the company has announced. The three plants are together expected to produce around 120,000 metric tons of sustainable biomass pellets a year from sawmill residues,...
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