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WRCLA Photos - Continued from page 22 Richard Paci, American Lumber Co. Inc., Walden, NY; Rich Purdy, Central Cedar Ltd., Surrey, BC; Joshua Kaye, American Lumber Co. Inc., Walden, NY; Reed Brunson, Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution, Auburn, GA; and Phil Duke, Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution, Nashville, TN Scott Lindsay, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Vancouver, BC; Zach Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN; and Curt Stuckey, Wholesale Wood Products, Birmingham, AL Ben Meachen, Western Forest Products Inc., Vancouver, BC; Jack Draper, WRCLA, Vancouver, BC; Rick Palmiter, BPWood, Penticton, BC; Brian Wilson, OrePac Building Products, Wilsonville, OR; and Paul Burnham, Mid-State Lumber Corp., Portland, OR James O’Grady, Goodfellow Inc., Delson, QC; Kathy Cooper, Gilbert Smith Forest Products, Barriere, BC; Chris Bouchard, BPWood, Penticton, BC; Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN; and Rick Palmiter, BPWood, Penticton, BC Mark Kleps, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, OR; David Bernstein, Mid-State Lumber Corp., Branchburg, NJ; and Dave Cochenour, Alta Forest Products LLC, Chehalis, WA Rob Tam, Haida Forest Products Ltd., Burnaby, BC; Dale Bartsch, Hy Mark Wood Products Inc., Surrey, BC; and Brent Stuart, Russin Lumber Corp., North Vancouver, BC Phil Duke, Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution, Nashville, TN; and Steve Clitheroe, Interfor Corp., Vancouver, BC Tyler Backs, Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd., Maple Ridge, BC; Shane Harsch, Interfor Corp., Vancouver, BC; Carmen Backs, Vancouver Specialty Cedar Products Ltd.; Rob Cook, Precision Cedar Products Inc., Surrey, BC; and Jim Stuckey, Wholesale Wood Products, Dothan, AL LMC Photos - Continued from page 1 Mark Rutledge, Shakertown, Winlock, WA; and Ray Unick, Mid-State Lumber Corp., Branchburg, NJ Brad Taylor, Dakeryn Industries Ltd., North Vancouver, BC; Tom Delaney and Donna Millison, Traders for Eastern/Western Commodity Lumber, LMC, Wayne, PA; and Paul Harder, Dakeryn Industries Ltd. Reg Foot, Carrier Lumber Ltd., Prince George, BC; Michaela Franey, Boise Cascade, Portsmouth, NH; and Paul Harder, Dakeryn Industries Ltd., Vancouver, BC Mike Jacobs, Idaho Timber LLC, Meridian, ID; Jim McMenamin, Purchasing Manager, Eastern/Western Commodity Lumber, Wayne, PA; and Glen Ross, Idaho Timber LLC, Lake City, FL Jessica Lubragge, Trader, Eastern/Western Commodity Lumber, LMC, Wayne, PA; Dave Andersen, Hampton Lumber Sales Co., Portland, OR; Tammy Donato, Trader, Eastern/Western Commodity Lumber, LMC; Mike Jones, Hampton Lumber Sales Co.; and Tom Delaney, Trader, Eastern/Western Commodity Lumber, LMC Steve Evans, Trader, Eastern/Western Commodity Lumber, LMC, Wayne, PA; Mark Dippel, Seneca Sawmill Co., Eugene, OR; and Mark Dwyer and Steve Weiser, Eastern/ Western Commodity Lumber, LMC Doug Curry, HomCo Lumber & Hardware, Flagstaff, AZ; Wade Wheeler, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Todd Callan and Mike Brackin, HomCo Lumber & Hardware; and Jarrett Long, Idaho Forest Group LLC Aaron Bennett and Eric Richeson, Westwood Lumber Sales Inc., New Haven, IN; Daryl Lundberg, Northwoods Lumber Co., Blackduck, MN; and Cole Richeson, Westwood Lumber Sales Inc. Geoff Kleet and Gene Wolff, Kleet Lumber Co. Inc., Huntington, NY; Michael Kirkelie, Rosboro, Springfield, OR; and David Kleet, Kleet Lumber Co. Inc. Jamie Moulton, DiPrizio Pine Sales, Middleton, NH; Charles Johns, Trader Specialties, LMC, Wayne, PA; Dave McGoldrick, Boards Trader, LMC, Wayne, PA; and Scott Brown, Sawmill Associates, New London, NH Additional photos on page 26 Page 24 Softwood Forest Products Buyer n January/February 2019
Tariff Increase Takes 90-Day Halt The White House press secretary’s office recently released the following: “The President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, and President Xi Jinping of China, have concluded what both have said was a ‘highly successful meeting’ between themselves and their most senior representatives at a meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The statement continued, “on trade, President Trump has agreed that on January 1, 2019, he will leave the tariffs on 0 billion worth of product at the 10 percent rate, and not raise it to 25 percent at this time. China will agree to purchase a not yet agreed upon, but very substantial, amount of agricultural, energy, industrial, and other product from the United States to reduce the trade imbalance between our two countries. China has agreed to start purchasing agricultural products from our farmers immediately. “President Trump and President Xi have agreed immediately to begin negotiations on structural changes with respect to forced technology transfer, intellectual property protection, non-tariff barriers, cyber intrusions and cyber theft, services and agriculture. Both parties agree that they will endeavor to have this transaction completed within the next 90 days (as of the release of this statement on Dec. 1, 2018). If at the end of this period of time, the parties are unable to reach an agreement, the 10 percent tariffs will be raised to 25 percent.” Washington Scene House’s push for stricter work requirements for recipients of food stamps, also known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Their push appears to have come up short, given that key Democrat Stabenow, who has opposed SNAP cuts, reportedly said the bill’s approach is “something that I support. I’ll leave it at that.” Lawmakers and aides were staying tight-lipped on the agreement’s specifics, according to multiple published reports at the time of this writing. Another challenge has been the House’s backing of environmental rollbacks that the Trump administration has argued are necessary to prevent future forest fires like the ones that recently ravaged California. The White House has been seeking expanded authority to thin out the West’s dry forests. Lawmakers appear to have ended up “punting” on the forestry issue, as they may handle it in a separate bill, said Pro Farmer analyst Jim Wiesemeyer, according to an AgWeb.com report. GradeScan® withPerceptive Sight Intelligent Grading Joint Statement from NAHB and HBI on the First Step Act National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Chairman Randy Noel and Ed Brady, incoming president and CEO of the Home Builders Institute (HBI), issued the following joint statement regarding the First Step Act. The First Step Act, backed by President Trump and in the hands of Congress before the recent holidays, promises sweeping reforms for criminals convicted of drug offenses. Congress was expected to vote on the bill during its lame duck session between the holidays and January 2019. “NAHB commends Republicans and Democrats for working to advance the First Step Act and we join President Trump in supporting this bipartisan effort. “The legislation would provide reforms to the criminal justice system to include vocational training Continued on page 35 Farm Bill Deal May Avoid Controversial Moves on Food Stamps, Logging Key U.S. lawmakers announced recently that they had struck a deal on a closely watched farm bill. It appeared the deal avoids controversial moves related to food stamps and logging, though exact details around the agreement weren’t clear at presstime. “We’re pleased to announce that we’ve reached an agreement in principle on the 2018 Farm Bill. We are working to finalize legal and report language as well as CBO scores, but we still have more work to do,” said leaders of the Senate and House’s agriculture committees in a joint statement. “CBO scores” refer to the Congressional Budget Office’s cost estimates, which could show the measure will cost nearly 0 billion over a decade. The lawmakers behind the joint statement were two Republicans — Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts and Texas Rep. Mike Conaway, who chair the Senate and House’s agriculture committees — and two Democrats — Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking members of those committees. Challenges in negotiations over the farm bill have included how to handle the Republican-controlled Perceptive Sight grades lumber using deep learning. Our customers are investing in new GradeScans with Perceptive Sight, and upgrading their existing GradeScans to this new plaform. That’s the power and ROI that GradeScan with Perceptive Sight delivers. Lucidyne Technologies Inc. | lucidyne.com | 541 - 753 - 5111 | Corvallis, Oregon USA Softwood Forest Products Buyer n January/February 2019 Page 25 2018-04-SWBG.indd 1 4/4/2018 12:53:24 PM
