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For over sixty years the Northeastern Loggers Association has published a highly respected monthly magazine that focuses exclusively on our region – The Northern Logger and Timber Processor. NELA also produces training programs, pamphlets and books, and the region’s largest exposition of forest products and tree care equipment. If you are interested in becoming a member, please click the link below.
Features
Selected articles from The Northern Logger & Timber Processor magazine.
Hardwood Producers Brace for Tariffs in 2025
On the international trade front, many in the forest products industry – hardwood producers in particular – are very concerned about what will happen with export markets as President-Elect Donald Trump takes office. During his election campaign, Trump promised to impose tariffs of at least 60% on Chinese goods, 25% on Canada and Mexico, and 10-20% on other countries. The last time Trump was in office, he imposed hefty tariffs on Chinese goods. China retaliated with their own tariffs on US hardwood products destined for markets there.
Veterans in the Woods
For a young person finding their way in the world, joining a branch of the US military has often been a path to gaining valuable life skills, on-the-job training, and a multitude of career opportunities. Two loggers, now in their 30s and early 40s, both from rural Vermont, have traveled around the world serving and fighting for America and have found themselves back in the woods. Here, they share their stories and the valuable lessons they’ve learned.
Robinson Lumber Company Expands Indiana Facility
Robinson Lumber Company, which recently celebrated its 130-year anniversary in 2023, has been in the Robinson family for five generations. Each generation has added something: the first, alongside founding the company, began exporting high-quality long leaf pine around the world; the second imported the first sawn mahogany lumber from Mexico; the third imported the first Jatoba lumber into the United States; and the fourth established a foothold in domestic hardwood with the building of its New Albany, Indiana, facility.
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