Loggers call on Bronson for emergency help to rising fuel prices

I received the following information in my email and I thought I'd share it with the log-n-blog. It's from the FFA newsletter.

Elevated diesel fuel prices, which have caused a spike in the cost of wood fiber production, are leaving many Florida loggers concerned about their livelihood. Logger leaders met in Tallahassee on Wednesday to formulate a plan of action to seek political relief that some say is the only thing that will keep them in business. “Emergency situations call for emergency solutions”, says Patsy Nathe, who heads up the Florida Loggers Committee. The plan calls for emergency action by Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson to seek a 95,000-pound weight extension so more products can be hauled with each gallon of fuel burned. Efforts will be made by the Association to get other agriculture groups to join this initiative.