(Sawmills, Consolidation Yards, And Third-party Timber Buyers)
- Moderate risks when dealing with reputable and/or larger corporation operations
- Moderately high risk when dealing with third-party timber buyers and smaller sawmill operations
- Average landowner returns depending on competition level
Cons:
- Timber value is determined by the buyer and not the seller.
- Often harvested on a Diameter Limit and/or Stump Diameter Limit.
- Often only marketable, merchantable species selected for harvest, and tends to leave a poor quality residual stand.
- Often purchase prices are negotiated between the landowner and the buyer; with little competition or landowner knowledge.
Pros:
- Often forester supervised loggers
- Often the procurement operation has industry organization and environmental law
memberships and influences
- Reduced costs involving the administration of the purchase and harvest
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