Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott visits Union Church, Mississippi’s Bandy Logging Inc. Logging is often a multi-generational affair, with many of today’s loggers having grown up cutting timber, like their fathers and grandfathers and sometimes even their great grandfathers before them. That’s not always the case, though. The Bandy family, for example, didn’t start out in the woods. Wayne, 65, and his sons Scott, 41, and Jason, 37, are today the owners of Bandy Logging, Inc. When the boys were little, however, Wayne was a farmer. In fact, he says, at one time the family was one of the biggest row crop farmers in their part of the state. “We were big on soybeans, cotton and cattle,” he says. Back then the family farmed about 17,000 acres. Then, in the early 1980s, he says, prices got low, really low. “We made some bad business choices that caught up with us,” Wayne admits.

Featured Story: “Branching Out”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Bandy Logging Inc.
Location: Union Church, Mississippi
SLT Issue: November 2017

Check out other featured articles in the November 2017 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s November 2017 issue features Union Church, Mississippi’s Bandy Logging Inc., Wallace, North Carolina’s Holmes Logging, a report on Morbark’s recent 60^th anniversary Demo Days event held in Winn, Michigan, J.M Wood Auction’s recent fall event held in Montgomery, Alabama, and the American Loggers Council’s 23^rd Annual Meeting held recently in Natchez, Mississippi. Other articles cover the latest industry news, new products and upcoming events.