Timber Harvesting magazine Associate Editor has the opportunity to visit Bisballe Forest Products, Inc. in Lake City, Michigan. Michigan’s Kurt Bisballe didn’t always know that logging would be in his future. His father, Wayne Bisballe, founder of the company that would later be named Bisballe Forest Products, Inc. (BFP), didn’t know either. Wayne and his wife, Norma, moved to Lake City, Mich. in 1977 and started a hog farm when Kurt was a boy. Wayne and a business partner bought a truck to haul grain, and when a local mill moved into town other doors started to open. They were asked to start hauling wood for the mill and did so to keep their truck more productive. One thing led to another and in 1986 Wayne Bisballe, along with his partner, stated a logging business called Payless Ag Commodities.

Featured Story: “Bisballe Brothers Pull Together”

Written By: Paul Posel and Jay Donnell
Company: C&C Logging
Location: Kelso, Washington
TH Issue: May/June 2016

Check out other featured articles in the May/June 2016 issue of Timber Harvesting magazine.
The May/June 2016 issue of Timber Harvesting magazine features Kelso, Washington’s C&C Logging, a special look into new traction-assist technology in the logging industry, a full report on TH’s 2016 Logging Business Survey, and Lake City, Michigan’s Bisballe Forest Products, Inc. A special article discusses the recent Chip Chip Hooray! segment of the 2016 Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo, held in Atlanta, Georgia in April. Other articles cover the latest industry news and new products and machinery.