Close-up of cut logs being lifted in the air with an out of focus background.

THE LANDING

A JOHN DEERE PUBLICATION

Randy Wilkes, Dobbs Equipment dealer representative, talks with father and son owners Bud West of Brown Chapel Logging and Matt West of West Forest Products.

SUSTAINABILITY

Together We Rise >

Family loggers share an attitude of gratitude

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Son Ryan poses to the left of his dad Edwin on the logging road with stacked hardwood on both sides of them at the Edwin Taylor & Son Logging woodyard in Duck Hill, Mississippi.

SUSTAINABILITY

Turning Point >

A family logging operation adapts and grows

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A John Deere 748L-II Grapple Skidder drops multiple felled trees from its grapple next to a woodchipper that is sending wood chips flying.

SUSTAINABILITY

When the Chips Are Down >

His family and employees always have his back

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Don Harju, owner of Harju Logging, takes a moment to review the logging site in an Upper Michigan forest.

TECHNOLOGY

Never Back Down >

One-of-a-kind logger is determined to succeed

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