Wood Southern Africa and Timber Times had the chance to speak with Ashlynne Dale, president of Norwood Sawmills, a North American portable sawmill company who traveled from Canada to attend a bi-annual trade exhibition. Norwood portable sawmills, according to Dale,...
Exorbitant timber prices imply that money does, in some ways, grow on trees. That’s why loggers are rushing to clear more Southern yellow pine, a common species found across the Deep South. Canfor, a timber company headquartered in British Columbia, said on...
Steve Kesti, the proprietor of Backwoods Lumber in the Upper Peninsula, remembers being fascinated with woodworking since he was a kid. “I’ve always wanted to construct a cottage in the woods since I was a kid,” Steve remarked. Carpentry remained a part of his...
You can carry any log in from the woods with a lot less force and practically no harm to your woodlot with a little skill and the right forestry equipment. On our family tree farm in southwest Missouri, we used to have a local logger with an excellent reputation...
For others, the path into America’s timber crisis begins with the choice to construct a new house or at Home Depot, where the pandemic-driven home remodeling frenzy has contributed to make basic supplies expensive and scarce. For others, it all begins with...
Given that approximately 60% of all portable sawmill operators rely on milling lumber and other wood products for all or part of their revenue, it’s astonishing how little attention is given to marketing the industry on which they rely. When asked what sawyers...
