R.A. Yancey Declared Essential Business and Critical Supplier

R.A. Yancey not only supports jobs in this area, but we also serve many of the industries - food, beverage and healthcare - that are critical at this time. We were informed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that the lumberyard is an “essential business” due to our status as a critical supplier to the Food & Agriculture and Healthcare industries, among others. The lumberyard is one of the top three suppliers of clean pine chips that are used for production at WestRock, which produces packaging products for grocers, pharmacies, convenience stores, retail food providers, beverage, health and personal care supplies, and cleaning products and other household necessities. We also supply more than 300 poultry farms with shavings, and much of our production right now is being used for pallet production for food delivery across the Commonwealth.