Two Senate Bills could help struggling Logging & Timber industry
By Brian Briggs
KTVE-TV 10
“The number one agriculture crop in this state is timber and logging” Josh McAllister, Chairman of the Louisiana Logger’s Association & Vice President of McManus Timber Company said. The industry, like many others, is facing tough times financially.
“We’re paying anywhere from three to six hundred percent more for insurance now than what we were paying three to four years ago” he said. “Most of our independent haulers are out of business, they can’t move wood, so the land owners are stuck with wood”.
This is due to an increase in accident claims against the industry.