Mississippi Business Journal » forrest http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Solid prices, beetles prompting timber owners to harvest http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/12/solid-prices-beetles-prompting-timber-owners-to-harvest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solid-prices-beetles-prompting-timber-owners-to-harvest http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/12/solid-prices-beetles-prompting-timber-owners-to-harvest/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:19:20 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=59562 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Landowners debating the timing for their next timber sale should send trees to the market sooner, rather than later. James Henderson, assistant forestry professor with Mississippi State University’s Extension Service, said increases in housing starts are contributing to gradual timber price improvements, but better reasons to harvest could be related to insects [...]

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