Decreased demand for the high-quality pine timber that is so abundant in south Louisiana is causing a hardship for the area’s timber farmers. Exacerbating the problem is a dearth of timber mills, as several mills in southeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi have shut down in recent years. “We don’t have enough mills here to create
Local timber farmers hurting as demand for their product slows
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