CPTC Teaching Loggers Of Tomorrow

Jun 10, 2019 | News

The wood basket of the world, suffering a shortage in experienced loggers has resulted in Coastal Pines Technical College in Waycross, Ga., creating a curriculum designed to teach high schoolers the basics of forestry and timber harvesting. CPTC forestry instructor...

Doosan Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Jun 3, 2019 | News

Doosan executives and equipment dealers from the region were present to celebrate the opening of the second Doosan parts distribution center in North America. The event included a guided tour of the new 57,000 sq. ft. parts distribution center – which became...

Texas BMP Monitoring Shows Steady Improvement

May 10, 2019 | News

A 28-year program to monitor logging Best Management Practices (BMPs) implementation on east Texas timber harvest sites shows overall 93.8% BMP implementation in 2018 across all land ownerships. That’s a solid improvement in the last 20 years—the implementation rate...

John Deere Announces JDLink Price Reduction

Apr 26, 2019 | News, News/PR

John Deere Announces JDLink Price Reduction       John Deere Construction and Forestry is decreasing its annual JDLink Ultimate offering prices, providing customers with an affordable, streamlined data solution that boosts productivity and maximizes...

Komatsu Purchases TimberPro

Feb 22, 2019 | News

Komatsu America Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire TimberPro, Inc. Established in 2002, TimberPro is a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of purpose-built forest machines and attachments, offering tracked feller-bunchers and harvesters, forwarders, wheeled...

Study Leads to Three Wins for the Environment

Feb 18, 2019 | News

Over the past two years, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) have been modeling to understand the costs and benefits of thinning forests and the potential for improving...