Sep 17, 2015 | American Loggers Council, Business Impact, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, Industry Events, Uncategorized
Agricultural products come in many shapes and sizes, in-spite of this variability they have important things in common such as providing livelihoods to many families living in the rural parts of our Country. Whether the crop is soy beans or logs, they have...
Jul 7, 2015 | American Loggers Council, Business Impact, Environmental, Industry News
Growing up in a small rural town in Northern California I have seen first-hand how well intended regulation can destroy jobs once manipulated by the regulatory agencies and the environmental industry. Recently we saw how dwindling populations of the Northern long...
Aug 6, 2014 | American Loggers Council, Business Impact, Call to Action, Economics, General, Industry News, News, Truck Weights
September 2014 By Danny Dructor, ALC Executive Vice-President For seventeen years, members of the American Loggers Council have been making trips to Washington, DC, promoting the idea that trucks hauling state legal weight limits for agricultural commodities,...
Aug 6, 2014 | American Loggers Council, Business Impact, Business News, Call to Action, Editorials, General, Industry News, News
August 2014 By Brian Nelson, ALC President Do you know where the products you use and the food that you eat come from? Chances are good that if you live in rural America then you probably do. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans who live outside of rural...
Aug 6, 2014 | Business Impact, Business News, Call to Action, Economics, Editorials, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, General, Industry News, News, Safety
July 2014 By Brian Nelson, ALC President Are you concerned about the future of the timber industry? If not, you are most likely in the minority. Mill closures, mergers, high cost of raw materials, shortage of qualified operators, the constant barrage of government...
Aug 4, 2014 | BCAP, Biomass, Business Impact, Business News, Economics, Environmental, Governor LePage, Industry News, LePage Administration
ReEnergy to Resume Operations at Biomass-to-Energy Facility in Ashland, ME Ashland, ME – August 4, 2014 – ReEnergy Holdings today announced plans to resume operations at its biomass-to-electricity facility in Ashland, ME. “We are very pleased to be resuming operations...