Ricky G Goforth
About Ricky G Goforth
Goforth Forest Management, Inc. is a forestry consulting firm in Meridian, Mississippi, listed under the name Ricky G Goforth. Ricky, Jason and Ryan Goforth started the firm in 2001. Its main work is forest management consulting, and it also handles real estate. The firm offers "turn-key forest management services," along with timber sales. Its stated goal is to serve the landowner's best interests in all aspects of timber management. Between them, the partners have over 60 years of combined experience selling timber and managing timberland investments. Its listed county is Lauderdale, and the one timber sale on its pages is in Clarke County. The smallest job on those pages is a 120-acre tract the firm offers for sale by bid as agent for the Vise Family. That is the smallest job it has shown, not a minimum it sets for landowners. The sale came with maps, timber volumes and sale details. Anyone with questions, or who wants to see the property, can call the office at 601-693-2738. It suits a landowner who wants help with both the management of the land and the sale of its timber, and who is comparing firms for a tract about the size of the 120-acre sale on its pages. From goforthforest.com, read 17 October 2026.
Can they handle a timber sale?
Selling standing timber properly takes three things. Here's what the state register credits this firm with.
Timber AppraisalAn estimate of what your standing timber is worth in dollars, based on how much there is, its quality, and current prices. When you are selling, settling an estate, dividing property, or need a value for taxes or insurance.What does this mean? → — not listed
works out what your standing timber is worth
Timber Cruise & Volume EstimateA field measurement of your standing trees — their species, sizes, and quality — that adds up to how much wood you actually have. Before you sell, so you go in knowing roughly what is out there rather than taking a buyer's word for it.What does this mean? → — not listed
measures and grades what's actually out there
Timber Sale & Contract AdministrationRunning the sale for you: advertising the timber, taking bids, writing the contract, and overseeing the logging so the agreed terms are met. When you want someone on your side handling the whole sale rather than dealing with buyers and loggers yourself.What does this mean? → — not listed
runs the sale and handles the contract
This firm isn't credited with all three, which doesn't make it a worse forester — plenty specialise in management planning, wildlife or wetlands. It does mean that if your goal is to sell timber, you'd likely need someone else for the part that's missing.
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Ricky G Goforth
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