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Federal Grant Award Summary Hack-Away Forest Products, Inc. received a $600,000 Project Grant from the USDA Forest Service Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) awarded on November 12, 2025, with a completion date of June 1, 2030. The grant funds operational modernization at the company's Wisconsin facility to increase kiln-dried firewood production capacity and enhance operational efficiency. The primary deliverables include the replacement of two outdated kilns with high-efficiency...

Federal Grant Award Summary McClain Forest Products received a $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674), awarded January 14, 2026, with completion targeted for May 1, 2030. The project will install a twenty-bay bin sorter and stacker system and implement automated lumber scanning technology at the company's mill facility in Missouri. These capital equipment improvements are designed to enhance...

California Hotwood, Inc. received a $232,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, under the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act Financial Assistance to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem Restoration program (CFDA 10.725) on September 9, 2025. The grant funds the acquisition and installation of an automated firewood processor capable of processing large rounds in a single pass, which will be integrated...

Federal Grant Award Summary Frank Miller Lumber Company received a $625,720 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Eastern Region (Region 9), under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708), awarded on September 2, 2025. The grant funds the upgrade of edger and trimmer machine centers with advanced scanning technology to improve lumber recovery and reduce waste in the company's Illinois-based operations. The selected systems feature...

Federal Grant Award Summary On September 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded $601,663.60 to Brownlee Lumber, Inc. through the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674). The project grant funds the purchase of a Nicholson 40 R2 single ring, air cell debarker—an innovative, state-of-the-art wood processing equipment designed to enhance operational efficiency and product yield at the recipient's Pennsylvania facility. The award supports the capital...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $659,000 to Hickman Lumber Co on December 16, 2025, under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) to purchase and install sawmill processing equipment. This project grant, which extends through December 31, 2028, is designed to expand the awardee's production capacity while simultaneously supporting active forest management and rural employment opportunities in Pennsylvania. The...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $624,352 Project Grant to Northwest Hardwoods under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) on December 17, 2025, to support the installation of a new gang system at the company's Marienville, Pennsylvania sawmill operation. The project, which extends through June 1, 2027, involves replacing an existing smaller gang edger with a more versatile gang system designed to increase sawmill...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary S&L Lumber Co, LLC received a $600,000 project grant awarded on November 24, 2025, under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The grant funds the purchase and installation of modernized wood processing equipment at the company's lumber mill facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, specifically a high-efficiency West Plains resaw, a ResawX scanner, and an indoor tie...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Orion Hardwoods Inc. received a $600,000 Project Grant award dated December 3, 2025, under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The award supports capital equipment improvements at the awardee's hardwood lumber processing facility in Indiana, specifically the optimization of the edger system and installation of a Cleerman gang box. These enhancements are designed to increase...

Federal Project Grant Summary Metzler Forest Products LLC received a $716,453 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674), awarded on October 30, 2025, with a completion date of March 1, 2027. The grant funds the installation of an innovative Italian-manufactured firewood processing system designed to convert waste wood materials (4-8 inch diameter wood) into commercially viable firewood products. The...