Page 9 - Georgia Forestry - Issue 4 - Fall 2021
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Superior Pine
Embraces
a Growth,
Diversification
Strategy
By Les Shaver
The essential building blocks for success in the forestry business are in place for Fargo, Georgia- based Superior Pine Products.
“We’ve got a really good forest here,” says Scott Griffin, president and CEO of Superior Pine Products Company. “It’s high quality. It’s a young forest now, since we have done some heavy harvesting over the past 10 years, but there’s a lot of good volume coming down the pike.”
But it takes more than an excellent forest to achieve success in the business today. With climate and wildfire challenges and stumpage prices posing persistent problems, forestry companies can’t rest on their laurels. Fortunately, Superior Pine has a history of adjusting when the times demand it.
And now, the business climate is presenting new opportunities for this almost century-old company into its fourth generation of family ownership. Instead of managing
PHOTO BY FUEL FILMS
