Selling Timber in Jackson County, GA

8 businesses work this county · 1 registered consulting foresters

Quick answer

There are 8 timber businesses listed for Jackson County, Georgia: 1 consulting forester and 7 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 5 of them have offices in the county. The rest are registered to work here and travel in, and every listing shows how far its office is from the county seat.

Timber prices for Jackson County

No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Georgia's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Jackson County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.

Pine sawtimber$22–$28 per ton
Pine chip-n-saw$17–$23.5 per ton
Pine pulpwood$6–$9.5 per ton
Mixed hardwood sawtimber$26–$32 per ton
Hardwood pulpwood$6–$8 per ton

Source: University of Georgia Extension, Q3 2025. All Georgia timber prices

Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth

Most landowners in Jackson County have no idea what their standing timber is worth, which is exactly the position a buyer wants you in. Four questions gets you a ballpark range before the first offer lands.

No forester is based in Jackson County

That is normal here and not a problem. Foresters travel, and 1 of them work Jackson County from an office nearby. They are listed below, closest first. You can also click any county on the map above to see who is based there.

Consulting Foresters Working Jackson County (1)

Listed on the Georgia Forestry Commission timber buyers and wood-using industries directories and the Georgia Master Timber Harvester roster as working Jackson County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.

Bogart, GA

J.M. Escoe Forestry appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Bogart, in Jackson County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement.

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Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Jackson County (5)

These 5 are based in Jackson County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.

Jefferson, GA

Georgia Pacific appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's timber buyers directory, based in Jefferson. The Commission compiles that directory from buyers and harvesters who submit their own information to it, and states that inclusion is not an endorsement. Georgia does not license or register timber buyers. The directory carries no county, so this listing is placed by its town only.

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Commerce, GA

Huber Engineered Woods LLC is listed in the Georgia Forestry Commission's Wood-Using Industries directory as a osb facility in Jackson County, taking yellow pine. The Commission publishes the directory; it does not rate or endorse the facilities in it. Huber Engineered Woods, LLC is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Commerce, Jackson County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.

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Commerce, GA

Porter Pulpwood & Logging Co is a logging contractor in Commerce, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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Pendergrass, GA

USA Timber LLC is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Pendergrass, Jackson County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.

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4.6(13 reviews)
Commerce, GA
Buyers of standing timber

W C Smith Timberland Services is a timber buyer in Commerce, Georgia, at 4370 Maysville Rd. It buys standing timber across Northeast Georgia and lists Jackson County among the counties it serves. It has worked in the forest industry there since 1967. It also trades as Northeast Georgia Timber Company, a joint venture with Beasley Forest Products, which runs a hardwood sawmill in Hazlehurst, Georgia. The business buys large pine plylogs, poplar, oak, white oak for staves, crossties in hickory, sycamore, sweetgum, birch and maple, and both hardwood and pine pulpwood. Logs travel by rail on Norfolk Southern to the Beasley sawmill. The business says the rail line lowers its costs and passes that saving on to the landowner. It describes its approach this way: "the SOURCE for maintaining the harvest operation as if the land was our own". Each product has its own length and size limits and a price per ton on its yard pricing list. Its credential is MTH# 2154. Kellie Smith Baxter, the manager, holds a forestry degree from the University of Georgia. This business suits a landowner with standing hardwood or pine in Northeast Georgia who wants a buyer with a clear product list and posted yard prices. From northeastgeorgiatimbercompany.com, read 17 October 2026.

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Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (2)

Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Jackson County, working from a nearby town.

Athens, GA

Athena Sawmill Service is a mill in Athens, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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Maysville, GA

Emmett Logging & Timber Co is a logging contractor in Maysville, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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Land clearing and small-lot services (1)

Maysville, GA

Twin Mill Pallet & Shavings, LLC is a sawmill in Maysville, Georgia, at 44 Pallet Dr. It turns raw timber into two products: wood shavings for animal bedding and industrial pallets. The register lists yellow pine as its species, and the company lists Jackson as its county served. Its website says the products are delivered from raw timber to your door. Its website calls the operation vertically integrated and says the whole process runs in one fully enclosed facility. In its words, "Nothing touches the ground." It also states full product traceability and says nothing is wasted. To start a sale, a buyer fills out a form and hears back within 48 business hours. Site visits are available to talk through what the buyer needs. Most of the company's customers appear to be businesses: poultry operations, equestrian facilities and shipping companies. This business suits a poultry, equestrian or shipping operation that needs bedding or pallets, more than a landowner looking to sell standing timber. From twinmillpallet.com, read 17 October 2026.

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Questions landowners ask

How many timber buyers and foresters serve Jackson County?

8 businesses are listed for Jackson County: 1 consulting forester and 7 buyers, loggers and mills. 5 of them have offices in the county.

How much is my timber worth in Jackson County?

Nobody can tell you what your timber is worth without walking it. Value depends on the species, the size and grade of the trees, how thickly they stand, the ground conditions and how easily a logger can reach them. University of Georgia Extension publishes an annual timber situation and outlook report with recent quarterly figures, which tells you what the market is doing, not what your tract holds. Anyone who quotes you a figure without seeing the land is guessing, and a guess in that direction is rarely in your favour.

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Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Jackson County?

You do not have to use one. A consulting forester works for you rather than the buyer, marks the timber, runs a sealed-bid sale and typically charges a percentage of the sale. Research from several state extension services has found that timber sold through a consultant often returns enough more to cover the fee, though results vary by tract and by market. The decision usually turns on the size of the sale and whether you have sold timber before.

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Do I need a permit to cut timber in Georgia?

Georgia has no statewide permit for cutting timber on your own land, and state law forbids a county to require one or to charge a fee for a timber harvest notification. What a county may require is the notification itself: where its ordinance calls for one, the harvester files it before entering the property if possible and no later than 24 hours after entering, and the county may ask for a bond of up to $5,000 against damage to its roads. Not every county has an ordinance, so check with yours before work starts. Georgia's Best Management Practices are not a permit programme, but following them is how a harvest stays clear of the water-quality law that is enforceable.

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What is timber worth in Jackson County?

No price series is published for Jackson County on its own. Georgia's latest published stumpage figures (University of Georgia Extension, Q3 2025) put mixed hardwood sawtimber at $26–$32 per ton. What your own timber brings depends on the species, the size and amount of it, and how far it is from a mill. A timber cruise by a forester settles it.