Making Sense Of Lumber Prices
It seems the spike in lumber prices over the summer and early fall would have had a positive impact on timber stumpage prices paid to landowners for large pine sawtimber, but the correlation is not there, explains Marshall Thomas, president of F&W Forestry Services, in his company’s fall newsletter. While sawmills cut back production at […]
Recent Natural Disasters Bring Important Tax Issue For Landowners To The Forefront
The severe natural disasters devastating timberlands over the past few years have drawn attention to a huge flaw in our nation’s tax laws and the Forest Recovery Act aims to fix it. Currently, landowners whose timber stands are destroyed by a natural disaster are dealt an unintended blow because they can only deduct the lesser […]
Guest Workers Can Assist With This Year’s Tree Planting
This year’s tree planting season was almost upended, but swift and coordinated advocacy efforts by forestry associations made certain that it will continue unabated after the Trump administration issued exemptions following their appeals. President Trump signed a series of proclamations this spring, suspending entry of most temporary seasonal workers into this country for the remainder […]