Published: July 07, 2014

Yoder Lumber was featured in Holmes Edition of The Bargain Hunter in their July 7, 2014 issue:

When it comes to lumber yards, the wood rolls in, the wood rolls out and millions of board feet are produced on a regular basis.

Here in the heart of Amish Country, with countless wood builders grinding out everything from handcrafted furniture to flooring and molding and all kinds of wood-related products, the timber process is a necessity.…

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Published: June 12, 2014

Mel Yoder, Yoder Lumber CEO

By Chris Kick, Farm and Dairy 

BERLIN, Ohio — When people drive through the rural communities of Holmes County, Ohio, they typically notice the farms, the Amish, the tourist shops, and the restaurants. But, there’s another cluster of activity that’s growing and maturing, and it’s taking place out in the woods — inside nearly one-third of the county that is forested, and inside hundreds of sawmills and wood shops, retail and manufacturing centers. That cluster, in its broadest form, is the lumber and timber industry. And in it’s narrowest form, it’s the three main products made from timber: lumber, furniture and wood pulp.…

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Published: May 14, 2014

Yoder Lumber was featured in Business World magazine's May 2014 issue:

Call it a downturn. Call it a recession. Call it a really bad stretch of economic road. Whatever it was, Mel Yoder was all too aware of it and the havoc it was wreaking on name.

Staff hours were trimmed and positions were eliminated. The Appalachian hardwood industry’s production plummeted from a record-high 13 billion board feet in 2007, to only 5 million within just a few years.…

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