Timber that has commercial value as determined by local standards and local buyers is referred to as merchantable timber (“merch”).
Tag - Timberland
Everybody that I know wants an answer to that question. Nobody that I know has a firm grasp on anything that can totally predict it.
It used to be a lot easier to make money in timberland investments than it is today. The old days were better…at least for that.
Since the late 1980s, rural land -- pasture, cropland and timberland -- has been a safer, less volatile and more profitable investment than stocks.
The general consensus at the 7th Annual Timberland Investment Summit held in Vancouver, BC...
Bill Calton, Plum Creek’s Senior Director for Real Estate and Land Management, is cautiously optimistic about the prospects for timberland investors...
Most -- but not all -- timberland investments require little routine maintenance. But one upkeep job that I recommend is for the landowner to...
Brooks C. Mendell, Ph.D., is president and founder of Forisk Consulting, a Georgia-based firm that specializes in forest-industry, timber-REIT...
A conversation with Curtis Seltzer, Columnist for LANDTHINK.com and Author of How to Be a Dirt-Smart Buyer of Country Property about the success seen...
We have all heard that "good fences make good neighbors." I submit to you that good forests make great neighbors.