The Issues
Straight from the print magazine, the editors use this column to provide deeper insights into features, provide editorial comments on current events, and maybe even ramble just a little bit. The Issues is your chance to peek into their minds.
Remembrances Every Five Years
Always one to have fun with numbers, let’s have some fun now. You’ll notice that this issue marks the 46th time Timber Processing has published the Annual Lumbermen’s Buying Guide. That means the first one was published in 1979. So, beginning with 1979, and in five-year intervals, here are some tidbits that were also published in the Buying Guide in those respective years.
It Could Be Worse, Really
It Could Be Worse, ReallyArticle by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing June 2024 The results of this year’s U.S. Sawmill Operations...
The Issues: Oregon Facing Danger Signs
Oregon Facing Danger SignsArticle by Dan Shell, Senior Editor, Timber Processing April 2024 The state may be the top U.S. lumber producer right now,...
When He Talks People Listen
Article by Jessica Johnson, Senior Editor, Timber Processing January/February 2024
Some of the smartest men and women in the industry have graced the pages of this magazine—and have won the award of Timber Processing Person of the Year. They’ve all been incredibly worthy of this recognition for innovation, commitment and love of the industry they serve. Perhaps none have been quite as innovative as the introverted sawmiller from Georgia named Levi Anderson Pollard, V, whose name is on two of the patents that changed the way the sawmilling world manufactures and dries lumber (and on so many other patents as well).
The Luck Of The Irish
Article by Jessica Johnson, Senior Editor, Timber Processing, November 2023 – Earlier this fall, I had the privilege of heading to Ireland to see the sights, enjoy the scenes and. . .do a little work while I was at it. My second work trip to the Emerald Isle did not disappoint.
The Portland Show Keeps On Keepin’ On
Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-in-Chief, Timber Processing October 2023 – The conclusion of the SFPA Expo held in Nashville in August can only mean one thing. It’s time to move on to the next major sawmill machinery show: the Timber Processing & Energy Expo (TP&EE)…
Lights, Camera Nashville!
Article by Jessica Johnson, Senior Editor, Timber Processing September 2023 – Unlike my dear old boss Rich Donnell, I did not grow up in Nashville. When the Southern Forest Products Assn. announced the move from my beloved hometown of Atlanta, Ga. for its Forest Products Machinery & Equipment EXPO…
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