Reed recommended following the sealed bid process regardless of the amount of timber for sale. This ensures the seller gets the best price for the commodity they have. Before a sale is made, have a replanting plan in place. Some buyers agree to replant the land as part of the sale, but Reed recommended selling the timber as high as possible, and then hire it to be replanted. Government assistance is sometimes available to landowners for replanting, and these costs have some tax deductions.
Many details make a successful timber sale, but help is available.
Forestry marketing short courses are offered in the spring and fall throughout the state by county Extension agents. Several Extension publications on the subject are also available. There is much more to managing timber than making the sale, but we must remember to make payday count or we may loose the farm. Recommendations on this web site do not endorse any commercial products or trade names.