by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 31, 2020 | News
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey awarded $10 million of the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund for a program to assist Alabama timber owners impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The industry’s impact on Alabama is over $23 billion and 40,000 jobs, across 23 million acres of...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 26, 2020 | News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is supporting the development and expansion of forest markets by recently awarding eight grants totaling nearly $1.45 million through the agency’s Wood Education and Resource Center. Grants were awarded to programs...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 10, 2020 | News
Morbark announced the appointment of Brad Boehler as the successor to current President of Morbark Holdings and Vice President of Alamo Group’s Forestry and Tree Care Business Unit, Dave Herr. Before joining Alamo Group, Boehler was president of the Skyjack Group, a...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 10, 2020 | News
Virginia Loggers Receive Tax Relief Following passage of a state law giving local governments the option, Virginia loggers are working with counties and other jurisdictions to adopt language exempting logging equipment and machinery from taxation—just as farming and...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 10, 2020 | News
Komatsu Upgrades Tracked Feller-Bunchers To better meet customer needs, Komatsu is upgrading its XT-5 family of tracked feller-bunchers, adding performance and operator improvements, as well as covering the machines with a special 2-year/5,000-hour warranty program....
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Aug 5, 2020 | News
With low registrations to date, and an indication by many of the meeting’s sponsors regarding policies restricting travel, some until January 2021, the American Loggers Council (ALC) has made the decision to cancel the 2020 Annual Meeting, scheduled for September...
