The timber industry in Illinois is a diverse and crucial sector that contributes significantly to the state's economy. Companies in this domain predominantly focus on harvesting timber, complemented by a spectrum of ancillary activities like forestry management, logging operations, and sawmill services. With a conscious approach towards sustaining the environment, many of these firms also offer green solutions like forest stand improvement and invasive species control. The industry, touching new technological horizons, is increasingly incorporating advanced machinery and equipment to enhance productivity, streamline processes and reduce environmental impact, paving the way for futuristic forestry management.


Top 19 timber harvesting companies in Illinois

1. John Deere Construction & Forestry Company

  • Website: deere.com
  • Headquarters: Moline, Illinois, United States
  • Founded: 1837
  • Headcount: 11-50
  • Latest funding type: Ipo
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Deere is a company that specializes in manufacturing and selling a wide range of equipment and machinery for various industries. They offer products such as forestry equipment, compact track loaders, sprayers, and harvesting equipment. Deere also provides services like warranty and protection plans, financing options, and customer support.


2. Long Forestry Consultation LLC

Long Forestry offers sustainable forestry management services including forest stand improvement, invasive species control, tree planting, and prescribed burns, as well as timber sales and appraisals.


3. Beeman & Sons INC

Beeman &a; Sons provides harvesting services and sawmill operations, as well as logging operations, wood procurement, and harvesting services.


4. MK Timber Exporting and Appraisals, LLC

MK Timber Exporting and Appraisals, LLC is a company that assists landowners with timber harvesting. They provide appraisal services, discuss best practices for forest management and pay landowners for the trees slated for harvest. Their selective harvesting process improves timber health, creates new income opportunities for property owners and improves wildlife habitat.


5. Colson Timber Acquisitions

  • Website: colsontimber.com
  • Headquarters: Medora, Illinois, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

COLSON TIMBER ACQUISITIONS is your source for professional harvesting of your timber products in Illinois and Missouri. John Colson, has been in the timber business since 1980 and has worked in all aspects of the business from selection, cutting, skidding, scaling, selling and transporting. His many years with dealing with the saw mill buyers has created long standing relationships that deliver the highest market prices for his clients cut logs. John was a partner in another logging company for over twenty years and when the partner decided to scale down his work days and semi retire, John and his wife, Paulette decided to form Colson Timber Acquisitions in January,2007. Another decision was to move the operation further south from John's birth and hometown area of Petersburg, IL. For years John had been traveling two hours one way to this area to meet the needs of the demand for timber. In November, 2007 a commercial property was purchased for a log yard location that was on a major highway and easily accessible for trucks to transport logs to the saw mills. The log yard is located 30 minutes north of St. Louis, Missouri on Hwy 267/111 in Medora, Illinois. We invite you to explore our site you will find helpful information about our operation and basic logging information. If you visit our Facebook page we have pictures and videos of some of our current daily operations. Viewing our various timber cuttings allows you to become better acquainted with who we are and how we conduct our business. Whether you're considering a full harvest of your timber or a select cutting for the healthy maintenance of the life of the timber, we will be able to advise and evaluate your best options financially and economically. To truly understand the nature of a quality logging operation you need to experience it for yourself! We would welcome the opportunity to meet with you to evaluate your timber and or logs and explain our contract purchase options that would best meet your needs. Simply fill out the ""Contact Us"" form on ...


6. Loneoak Timber

LoneOak Timber & Veneer Co. Mike Fults is a 3rd generation of Timber Harvesting and Timber Buying. Logging and Sawmills have been his passion since a young age. He comes from a long line of business owners in this industry. With over 25 years in business he strives for customer satisfaction. Offering his knowledge, Mike will be glad to assist you in the best approach of harvesting your timber. Loneoak Timber & Veneer Co.


7. Johnson Creek Hardwoods

Today, we produce high quality lumber from more than two dozen Northwestern Illinois hardwood species. We strive to utilize as much of the available resource as possible while adhering to a sustainable forestry ethic. We occasionally buy logs as they become available locally, and we are happy to process town and yard trees.


8. Illinois Consulting Foresters Association

Serving primarily private landowners in Illinois, members of the Illinois Consulting Foresters Association are professional foresters educated and experienced in marketing timber for increased income and managing forests to sustain health, production, and intangible benefits over decades and centuries...


9. Poignant Logging

  • Website: poignantlogs.com
  • Headquarters: Lacon, Illinois, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

Poignant Logging, located in Lacon, Illinois are standing timber buyers of Walnut and White Oak Trees in Illinois, Missouri & Wisconsin. Contact Poignant Logging to schedule an appraisal (309) 246-5647


10. Good Forest Timber Company

Good Forest Timber Company is a company based out of CHILLICOTHE, IL, United States.


11. EcoPlanet Bamboo

EcoPlanet Bamboo is a global company specializing in the commercialization of bamboo as a sustainable alternative fiber for various industries. With operations in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, they offer bamboo plantations, FSC certification, carbon removals, and restoration and regeneration services.


12. Prairie Hills Forestry Consulting INC.

Prairie Hills Forestry is a professional forestry consulting service located in Macomb, IL. We provide a wide variety of professional forestry assistance to private landowners. Our training and experience can help you manage your timberland. We have planted well over a million trees in the past 7 years and helped over 100 landowners sell timber from their property. Other services that we provide include herbicide application, timber stand improvement, direct seeding, prepare timber management plans, timber appraisals, damage appraisals, site preparation, pruning, plantation management, establishing windbreaks, urban forest inventories, prescribed burning, prairie grass establishment and wildlife food plot establishment.


13. Westervelt

  • Website: somcon.com
  • Headquarters: Moline, Illinois, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

We offer management consulting services to clients throughout the forest products value chain, from resource providers to end users. Our unique experience allows us to recognise relevant driving forces and assess their impact on client business. We help clients capture strategic opportunities and avoid pitfalls. One main area of our expertise lies in strategy formulation and execution regarding raw materials, markets and products. For instance, we help our clients find new business prospects in raw materiel procurement or better predict the competitive environment. Another main area of our skills is to combine our leading-edge industry expertise and management consulting know-how with the best practices in the fields of sustainable ecosystem management and biodiversity protection such as supporting our clients in forest management and chain of custody certification.


14. East Perry Lumber Co

East Perry Lumber Co. is a hardwood sawmill company that produces well-manufactured lumber. They set specific standards to ensure consistency and quality control. They prioritize customer satisfaction and strive to produce the best product possible at every stage of their business.


15. Cold Springs Construction

Cold Springs Construction specializes in crafting unique and enduring log and timber-framed homes that are both beautiful and environmentally friendly. They select each log and timber individually to meet their client's specific needs and preferences, while paying close attention to budget constraints and the environment.


16. Wooded Wonderland Lumber

  • Website: wwhardwood.com
  • Headquarters: Galena, Illinois, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

In these times of economic difficulty bussinesses need to find new ways to conserve capital and still give the consumer a quality product at a fair price. Wooded Wonderland Lumber Company, in Galena, Illinois, understands this situation and strives to supply customers' needs with quality lumber, configured to individual specifications, at a price that may surprise. Sequenced packages of lumber, harvested from top-quality timber, are numbered and lettered in such a manner that they can be reconstructed so all grains match. A perfect scenario for the finest furniture, cabinets or woodworking project. We supply all levels of usage from a single board to a truckload. All quantities can be shipped UPS or freight. Call for shipping costs. Local area customers are welcome to pick up orders upon completion. Designed by Christina Eisbach , Devils Ladder Creative, Galena, Illinois


17. Hardwood Veneer

  • Website: hvcwood.com
  • Headquarters: Taylor Ridge, Illinois, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

Hardwood Veneer Corporation (HVC) was established with the intention of serving the world's hardwood market through the export of the finest quality hardwoods regionally available. HVC is a U.S.A. based timber harvesting company located in the Mid-West and Great Lakes States. We currently produce, but are not limited to: White Oak, Red Oak, Walnut, Cherry and Hard Maple. Our division, H&W International, specializes in the finest tropical hardwoods available. Our Burmese Teak and Rosewoods are sought after worldwide, along with other species such as Asian Walnut and Iron Wood.


18. American Timber Exports

  • Website: atexp.com
  • Headquarters: Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

Exporting American timber products from our veneer manufacturing facilities to all points in the world.


19. Bridal Cakes Inc

Bridal Cakes by Ann specializes in creating custom tailored wedding cakes. We offer a large variety of contemporary and traditional wedding cake designs. With over thirty years of experience, we will create a truly amazing wedding cake you will never forget. All our wedding cakes are made fresh to order using only the finest gourmet ingredients. Our cake is baked fresh and is always moist and full of flavor. Our cake is never dry. Our butter cream icing is smooth and sweet. Our fillings are rich and flavorful. Every bride wants her wedding cake to be unique and personalized. We offer a comprehensive design process that will help you create the wedding cake of your dreams. You can choose from a variety of different frostings, setups, cake flavors and fillings, flower types, piped designs, and a variety of upgrades. Our standard wedding cakes include: your choice of cake flavors and filling for each tier (some restrictions apply), butter cream frosting, butter cream flowers (tinted or white), simple piped design, and cake board. All other additions are considered upgrades and will be an additional fee.


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