Selling Timber in Tift County, GA
Quick answer
There are 6 timber businesses listed for Tift County, Georgia: 2 consulting foresters and 4 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 6 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 Tift 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 Tift 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 Tift 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.
Consulting Foresters in Tift County (2)
These 2 foresters have offices right here in Tift County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Kunes Real Estate & Appraisals is a real estate and appraisal firm in Tifton, Georgia, that also offers forestry services. It was established in 2005 and serves South Georgia, with Tift County as its primary area. Its forestry work covers timber sales (thinning and clear cut), timber cruising (inventory), timber management plans, forest mapping, reforestation, site preparation, herbicide, prescribed burning, and Best Management Practice (BMP) compliance. The firm's broker is a registered forester, and it lists membership in the Society of American Foresters. Its broker is also a certified general appraiser who holds the MAI designation, so land appraisals can come from the same office. The firm offers a free consultation. On its forestry page it says, "we treat your land like we would our own." This firm suits a landowner in Tift County or elsewhere in South Georgia who wants timber work and land valuation handled by one office. From kunesrealestate.com, read 17 October 2026.
McAllister & Associates appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Tifton, in Tift County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The Commission's record marks the firm as: Society of American Foresters member.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Tift County (4)
These 4 are based in Tift County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Irwin Timber Co is a timber buyer in Tifton, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Packaging Corporation of America appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's timber buyers directory, based in Tifton. 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. Packaging Corporation of America is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Tifton, Tift 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.
Stella-Jones is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Chula, Tift 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.
White Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Tifton, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Tift County?
6 businesses are listed for Tift County: 2 consulting foresters and 4 buyers, loggers and mills. 6 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Tift 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.
What stumpage value means →Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Tift 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.
Do I need a forestry consultant? →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.
Permit rules in Georgia →What is timber worth in Tift County?
No price series is published for Tift 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.