An interview with Tom Brickman
owner, South40 Partners
Question: You say timber prices are up. But don’t a lot of people say timber prices are down?
Brickman: Well, prices are down for some kinds of timber. But in the last month or two we’ve seen huge price increases for other kinds of timber.
Question: What are you [...]
By Curtis Seltzer
If I had to point to one factor that led to both the stock-market decline and the real-estate collapse last year, it would be the desire of both individuals and institutions to grab short-term profits. Economists who study financial bubbles always seem to find short-term thinking underlying these phony booms.
The desire of individuals [...]
By Andrew Nix, Forest Management Specialist
Used with Permission
Hardwood management can take many forms depending upon a land owner or land managers goals and objectives for a particular forest stand, compartment and/or forest. The goals of an industrial forester desiring to furnish a paper mill with hardwood chips will differ greatly from a land manager desiring [...]
Hancock Timber Resource Group recently purchased approximately 75,000 acres of Georgia and Alabama timberland from the Austin, Texas-based Forestar Group Inc. for $120 million, or roughly $1,600/acre.
“We are very pleased to acquire these highly productive timberland properties on behalf of our investors,” said Daniel P. Christensen, President, Hancock Timber Resource Group. “We continue to seek [...]