Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott reports on the 2018 Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, held September 21-22 in Starkville, Mississippi. Abbott writes, “The Bulldogs might not have been on fire up in Lexington that Saturday, but it was a hot one down in Starkville. The calendar called Saturday, September 22 the first official day of fall, but summer had no plans to go down without a fight. The 2018 Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show opened on Friday, September 21, which was technically the last day of summer—and it was a scorcher. Of course, that’s nothing new in the South, so the temperature did nothing at all to dissuade the hardy members of the logging community from showing up, like they do every day.  In fact, the woman behind the madness, show runner Misty Booth, reports that this year’s crowd was right up there with the biggest MSFES has ever seen.

“Hot Time”

Event: Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show
Dates: September 21-22
Location: Starkville, Mississippi
Venue: Mississippi State University’s John W. Starr Memorial Forest
Story & Photos By: David Abbott
SLT Issue: October 2018

Check out other featured articles in the October 2018 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s October 2018 issue features Huntsville, Arkansas’ Jerry Whittmore Timber, Inc., Apex, North Carolina’s Jimmy Williams Logging, Remus, Michigan’s Bandit Industries and their recent 35^th anniversary celebration, John Deere’s forestry media event held at their Moline, Illinois headquarters, and a report on the recent 2018 Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show. A special article by Executive Editor DK Knight remembers industry veteran Pat Crawford. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.