Additionally, an imperfectly sharp cutting blade may catch on the growth rings and gash the wood. Plain-sawn lumber tends to shrink more as it dries, and may also “cup,” its face becoming concave.

PLAIN DEALING, La. -- A lumber mill in Plain Dealing has been acquired by a Tokyo-based company. Sumitomo Forestry Co. said ...

The former Schumacher Lumber building in Hartville caught fire on July 9. A neighboring business said it's under control.

If you have cedar trees that need to come down, why let them go to waste? Instead, you can easily transform them into quality ...

President Donald Trump is promising to unleash the US timber industry by allowing companies to raze swaths of federally protected national forests.

WINTERSET, Iowa — A sawmill in Winterset is working to rebuild after a fire burned down their building. The fire happened Wednesday around 5:40 p.m. at Custom Cut Lumber LLC.

Sawmills and wood pellet plants pop up across Louisiana as firms bet on timber industry Economic development officials estimate new mills and expansions could add 2,000 jobs.

JOHN DAY — Rich Fulton watched a worker feed a piece of rough-cut lumber onto the planer at Malheur Lumber last Tuesday, his eyes locked on the man’s practiced movements. “That’s the last ...

Sawmills are cutting back lumber production. A lumber yard in Palmer, Mass., last month. (Landon Speers for The Wall Street Journal) A string of sawmill curtailments has buoyed lumber prices amid ...