Our Wisconsin pricing reports are divided into 13 regions, with statewide and all-access reports also available.
Our Michigan pricing reports are divided into 10 regions, with statewide and all-access reports also available.
Our Minnesota pricing reports are divided into 7 regions, with statewide and all-access reports also available.
Our species-specific reports are divided into 18 species, with an all-access report also available.
Sawtimber pricing is for logs that are suitable for making lumber. Saw logs are higher quality and are more regular than wood sold as pulpwood. Sawtimber is priced in dollars per thousand board feet (mbf).
Pulpwood is wood harvested for making paper and products other than lumber. It is measured in cords or tons. Forest Data Network pricing is by the cord. A cord equals 128 cubic feet or a pile of wood that is 4 feet high, 8 feet wide and 4 feet deep.
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Forest Data Network is composed of a group of people with backgrounds in forest land ownership, the information business, and technology. FDN uses modern computer technology to compile, analyze and present real timber transactions to compile price indices by species, region and statewide.
Timber pricing data is currently available for Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. If you would like us to prioritize your state, please e-mail us at info@forestdatanetwork.com
The frequency of updating depends on the harvest volumes and harvest frequency in the region. The regions with higher volume and harvest frequency are updated at least 3 times annually. Less frequent and lower volume areas are updated at least annually because of the lesser harvest frequency (and their report price is discounted because of this).
The pricing data is an index based on thousands of real transactions. But it is an index and may not reflect the value of timber on a particular piece of land because of variations in log quality, mill location logging, trucking costs and other factors. Our index prices may be higher or lower than prices paid on a particular parcels. Index prices make a useful benchmark, enabling you to make comparisons and make trends clear.
For regions with lots of harvest volume, the information was updated about quarterly. For regions with little volume, the information was gathered within the last year.
Each region (and the statewide information) contains 10 years of index pricing information for the species harvested there in commercial volume.
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