Featured Story: “Processing Plan”

Written By: Jay Donnell, Associate Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times

Company: Southern Pine Timber
Location: Cochran, Georgia
SLT Issue: March 2019

Mackenzie Brown’s company, Southern Pine Timber, employs two processor heads to merchandize “prime length” logs for Canadian company Interfor in central Georgia. The logger plans to expand his operations and increase production in the near future.

Interfor’s “prime length” system means less waste at the mills and more efficiency on a daily basis.

It’s easy to see why Brown is optimistic about Southern Pine Timber’s future. After starting with some shoddy equipment, the company has steadily grown over time and looks forward to continued growth in 2019.

Brown is amazed at how high equipment prices have gotten just in the past 20 years. He hopes that loggers just getting into the business are fully aware of how committed you have to be to make things work. “It takes a whole lot of grit and a whole lot of not wanting to give up.”