stumpage rates

[hookset]

Can anyone help me with the going rates for aspen? I am thinking of haveing my deer hunting land logged(just aspen no oak or birch).

Thanks

joe

[Mark Christianson]

Hey Joe

Mdeiley is having his land near you logged as we speak.

Give him a shout. Maybe he knows offhand, or can get you the contact info for the loggers on his land.

[hookset]

He refered me to them. Just seeing if it is a good deal or not. I am nervous about doing this, such nice land, big trees.

joe

[Mark Christianson]

We logged our land 4 summers ago.

Couldnt be any happier. Old growth aspen is basically worthless to wildlife. The new growth provides great cover, grouse utilize the younger growth trees, deer will browse on the young growth and even browse on the slash thats left behind.

Granted we didnt have any areas larger than 5 acres each. It was an easy choice for us.

I want to say we got $30 a ton or something. It wasnt much because it wasnt prime wood, and it was being hauled up to Bemidji or something like that, so it was a long haul and the price for us was a bit lower due to that.

I'll check with Dad.

[luckey]

OCT-DEC 2004

Vol. 13, No. 4

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BRIDGING PLANTS AND TREES

A consortium is investigating ag fibers' potential to help alleviate the high demand for wood

BY DAN LEMKE

Cheap wood stumps are history.

In 1985, aspen stumpage sold for about $2 a cord. Today it sells for about $55 and can go as high as $95 per cord, says Dentley Haugesag, forestry products expert for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. “That’s a big change in 20 years.”

It’s simple economics: the demand for wood fiber has gone up; the supply has gone down.