Tag: Industry
State of the Forest Products Industry — Optimistic
Writing for Farm Credit East, INRS’ Eric Kingsley reviewed the current state of the forest industry across the Northeast, and finds some real reasons...
“Sixth-Axle” Bill Allows 94K GVW
SB 616 passed the Legislature and awaits the Governors signature. This will allow all raw and processed wood-hauling trucks in WV to increase their...
WVFA Co-Sponsors BIC Conference
WVFA was pleased to co-sponsor the December 5th West Virginia Business & Industries Council (BIC) pre-legislative conference. "The Road Ahead: Pre-Legislative Conference" will feature...
WV Butterfly Summit
Monarch Butterfly population declines have become so pronounced that Monarchs are now being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act. While there are...
Red Oak Exports Rise, Market Tightens
Despite having roughly the same amount of log exports for the first three-quarters of the year as last year, exports of red oak have...
State of State
The Chamber of Commerce reports that last week, Governor Jim Justice delivered his second State of the State Address. This year's address hit a...
China Bypassing Sawmills
from Woodworking Network
Chinese buyers are buying more logs directly from log exporters, bypassing the U.S. sawmills.
According to Gerald Storey, Storey Sawmill & Lumber Co.,...
ELD Mandate
Many log truckers who haul from the woods are exempt from the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate (for recording Hours-of-Service) that went into effect...
WV on the Move
Workforce WV has released employment numbers for September 2017. The overall results of this report are quite positive and show that the state economy...
Lincoln County Nuisance Ordinance
WVFA recently received a telephone call about the nuisance ordinance that Lincoln County recently adopted. It was prepared by attorneys (includingMike Callaghan, former DEP...
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