Tag: timber industry

Staff ReportsNovember 9, 2018
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Hurricane Michael inflicted nearly $1.5 billion in losses to Florida agriculture, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putman announced Friday. By far, the timber industry bore the worst of it, losing $1.3 billion. “Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle, and many of Florida’s rural communities, which rely heavily on agriculture, took the worst hit,” Putnam said in a […]

Associated PressSeptember 7, 2015
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The towering grove of century-old longleaf pines surrounding Roger Ward‘s family home is a rare site in this verdant swath of north-central Florida — most pines here are cut and processed for profit as soon as their 15-to-18-year growth cycle is complete. The demand for timber worldwide is booming and this remote section of Florida, […]


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