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HARVESTING CONSIDERATIONS:A LOGGER’S PERSPECTIVE
Arkansas Tree Farmer ConferenceJune 9, 2016Allen Morgan, Hunter Wasson Timber Services, LLC
The Resource
Arkansas Land Area:33.3 million acres
Forestland Area:18.8 million acres
Clark County Land Area:565,000 acres
Forestland Area:453,000 acres
Wood Products in ArkansasBy the Numbers
• Annual direct wages total $1.4 billion• Value added to the state’s economy = Direct $3.24
billion
Wood Products in ArkansasThe Basics
From the February 2015 Arkansas Forestry Commission Forestry Industry Directory (www.forestry.state.ar.us):• 203 Wood processors operating in Arkansas
• 94 Sawmills• 12 Container/Pallet Mills• 8 Flooring Mills• 6 Paper Mills• 6 Furniture Plants• 5 Chip Mills• 3 Engineered Wood Plants
Wood Products in ArkansasWood You Believe?
Over 5,000 products we use every day are made from a tree
• Building Products – plywood, lumber, OSB• Furniture• Poles, posts, baseball bats and more• Paper products – tissue, paper towels, books,
magazines and mail
Many other products as well• Cosmetics• Tooth Paste • Glues and Resins• Household Chemicals • Medicines
New Forest Products
Industry Expansions
GP – Gurdon Weyerhaeuser – Dierks West Frazer Leola, Russellville, and
Mansfield Drax Biomass, Inc. - Bastrop, LA Zilkha Biomass Energy - Monticello Highland Pellets, LLC - Pine Bluff El Dorado? Glenwood?
Plan Ahead
Expect long sale timeBe flexible
Plan Ahead
Expect price changes
Plan Ahead
Build Relationships
Know your forester
Build Relationships
Know your timber buyers
Build Relationships
Know your logger
Build Relationships
Know What You Are Selling
Provide timber data
Know What You Are Selling
Put Lipstick on the Pig
Improve roads
Put Lipstick on the Pig
Make arrangements for access
Put Lipstick on the Pig
Be certified
Put Lipstick on the Pig
Questions?
Special thanks to: Arkansas Forestry Association and Dr. Matt Pelkki, University of Arkansas at Monticello
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