Not every man can say he gets to spend every day doing what he loves doing. But for Arkansas logger Jeremy Proctor, his chosen career is a dream come true.

If the name on the machine doesn’t read Deere, equipment salesmen in this area know they can save their breath talking to Mark McKelvaine. It is common knowledge in the forestry community that M&M Timber’s owner is a John Deere man.

Roland Mohn’s signature sunny grin grew as wide as his home state of Pennsylvania when his name was announced as the first place winner of the Prentice Loader Grand National Championship (PGNC) held at the Lake States Logging Congress in early September at Green Bay, Wis.

Global markets, natural disasters, and the “Axis of Evil” are making life for wood suppliers more uncertain. A logging contractor has always had his hands full making a job pay its way but in today’s world the industry is facing a daily battle in the global market place.

From time to time, we all meet extraordinary people and Lorraine Reaves is one such extraordinary person. Mrs. Reaves has lived on Rocky Mountain in Forest for more than 50 years.

A timber cutter was working alone on an early fall day in the Appalachians. He was working on the last tree that he had planned to cut that day. It was a large red oak, and he had cut all around it, leaving it for last.

More than $11,000 was raised for the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital in the second annual Log A Load For Kids Softball Tournament staged August 18 at McIntyre Park in Charlottesville, Va.

Puckett Machinery, Jackson, Miss., has cut the ribbon on the first of a three-phase, $10 million expansion, part of the Caterpillar heavy equipment and engine dealer’s long-term plan to grow in Mississippi.