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Timber Price Reporting for Mississippi

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Timber price reporting is essential for forest landowners to fully participate in competitive timber markets such as those in Mississippi (see article "Timber Price Reporting is Essential").

From 1986 until 2004, the Mississippi Timber Price Report (MTPR) was published six times per year as a price source for Mississippi forest landowners.

Today, commercial timber price reporting services are readily available in the market.

To reflect this new situation, summarized statewide timber price information will be provided from these web pages and Forest2Market, Inc. (F2M) as a contemporary replacement for the MTPR. This change will free limited faculty time so that other economic and market services for forest landowners of Mississippi can be provided. The new pages will retain an archive of the new report and the historical archives of previous timber prices.

Certain factors may cause a particular tract of timber to be valued higher or lower. For example, a tract that has a high timber volume per acre and can be logged during wet weather may bring a price per unit higher than the average reported here. On the other hand, a tract with less volume at a greater distance from the buyer's mill may bring less. Additional factors that affect timber values are timber quality, tract size, type of product to be made from the timber, access to the tract and many others. Forest2Market, Inc. has more localized data available by subscription that reflects these market nuances. However, the prices contained in this report are a good price reference for landowners who wish to market timber, but individuals are advised to have their timber evaluated by a professional forester before making a timber sale. To find a registered forester visit the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters website.

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