Mississippi State: Miss. Forestry Industry Weathers Setbacks
December 18, 2020
December 18, 2020
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Dec. 18 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news:
Mississippi's timber industry was not excused from market volatility due to COVID-19 this year, but its final value should land just short of where it was at the end of 2019.
Forestry dropped from the second to the third largest agricultural commodity in the state -- behind poultry and soybeans -- with an estimated value of $1.12 billion in 2020 compared to $1.15 billion a y . . .
Mississippi's timber industry was not excused from market volatility due to COVID-19 this year, but its final value should land just short of where it was at the end of 2019.
Forestry dropped from the second to the third largest agricultural commodity in the state -- behind poultry and soybeans -- with an estimated value of $1.12 billion in 2020 compared to $1.15 billion a y . . .