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