Mike Morris | MDC Research Portal

Charged with managing Missouri’s forest resource, MDC is sometimes called upon to provide information and justification of management activities on more than just biological grounds. What is the economic impact of Missouri’s forest products? To answer this, MDC undertakes periodic assessments of the economic impact of the forest products industry on the state as a whole by working with data collected by the Federal government

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Data Sets

Past Timber Prices (CSV, 183 KB)

Papers and Presentations

2022 MDC Timber Product Output Report (PDF, 819 KB)

In the spring and early summer of 2023, the Missouri Department of Conservation interviewed mill owner/operators from a random-sample of primary wood processors throughout the state, asking for information on their firms from 2022. In this report we present forest industry trends, harvest levels and other details. Such detailed information is necessary for intelligent planning and decision making in wood procurement, forest resources management, and forest industry development. Likewise, researchers need current forest industry and industrial roundwood information for planning projects.

Published on Sep 14, 2023 - by Thomas Treiman

Project Updates

Timber Price Trends July-Sept. 2024

Timber Price Trends Apr.-June 2024

Timber Price Trends Jan.-Mar. 2024

Timber Price Trends Oct.-Dec. 2023

Forest Products Industries’ Economic Contributions: Missouri - 2017

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Just the numbers: 2021 economic impacts of forestry in Missouri