When to Sell Black Walnut Trees Understanding Hardwood Prices in 2025

Black walnut foliage and bark

With few exceptions, Ohio Timber Works prefers to harvest black walnut timber in the winter season. This is the case because black walnut has a dynamic and active sap layer which directly affects the value of the tree and the marketability of the harvested trees when you decide to Sell Black Walnut Trees. This affects the quality and marketability of the log and lumber. Trees are worth more when they are harvested after the leaves have fallen, then the energy from the leaves returns to the tree
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The Lifecycle Of A Tree Growth Stages And Its Importance

While there are many possible objectives to consider when harvesting a tract of timber, stand improvement is among the most important. At Timber Works, we know that bad trees produce genetically flawed seeds and therefore lower quality trees. Harvesting high value timber is essential to the success of any harvesting operation but it is often just as important to remove some poorer quality trees to ensure the overall quality of a stand improves over time. Read more »

Habitat and Recreation Enhancing Wildlife And Outdoor Activities

elk herd in appalachia

Habitat creation is a legitimate goal of properly executed forest management. By using the unsellable biomass to create piles of limbs, boughs and branches, artificial habitat is created for many species of forest critters. When managing your timber make sure habitat preservation and creation are topics of discussion with your logging consultant. Read more »

Upcoming Walnut Quarantine Expansion Looming

thousand cankers disease in black walnut

Over a dozen states have enacted intrastate, interstate or both types quarantines on Black Walnut. With the introduction of Butler County to the growing list of quarantined counties in throughout the east, there is good reason for landowners in that region to be proactive about the harvesting of their timber. Read more »

Attacks Gypsy Moth and Your Timber

gypsy moth attacks white oak

The Gypsy Moth isn’t a new threat but over the past several decades the population has exploded, with the insect moving into much of the Northern Appalachian regions of West Virginia and Ohio and posing a grave threat to the hardwood stand. As a timber owner you should be educated about the possible ramifications of Gypsy Moth and what you should do to properly manage your Ohio woods. Read more »

Sustainability And Environmental Benefits Of U.S. Hardwood

sustainable hardwood forest

Given the disastrous and irresponsible deforestation occurring in South America, one might assume that North America’s hardwood forests are similarly harvested unsustainably. However, there are many characteristics of the US Hardwood Forest that make it ideal at providing high-value lumber products in a sustainable fashion, while sequestering carbon at the same timeRead more »

Selling Dead Ash Timber

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Dealing with dead Ash trees doesn’t have to be a hassle. Have a no-obligation assessment of your standing Ash today.

Identifying Hardwood Defects Part One

woodpeckers can create defects in hardwood

Standing Ash prices continue to rise with Timber Works aggressively paying some of the highest stumpage rates in years. Harvesting Ash in Ohio is a race against time as the trees break down and decay.

Timber owners must act fast if they hope to salvage commercial value from their Ash stands and prevent dangerous conditions in their woods. Read more »

Standing Ash Prices on the Rise

emerald ash borer damage

This Asian bug overwinters in the cambium of all N. American Ash tree species’, burrowing tunnels in the tree’s cambium and ultimately cutting off the ability for water and nutrients to flow up and down the tree between root and canopy.Read more »