Category Archives: Management of Tree Farm records

Successful Tree Farm Tour

Thank you to everyone that attended and supported our American Tree Farm Tour.  It was a successful day with more than 60 individuals attending, and more importantly, we were able to finish the tour before the rain started!  We especially appreciated … Continue reading

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You know you are a Tree Farmer when . . . .

After reading an article about why someone felt their occupation was important, I began to think about why we are Tree Farmers and part of the American Tree Farm System. Those thoughts were compiled into a list of reasons you know you are a Tree Farmer … Continue reading

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How We Organize Our Records

In the previous post, I discussed the importance of records and briefly mentioned we use a journal for our enterprise, land, and timber records. It is more important that you are keeping records than how they are kept.  However, some … Continue reading

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Landowner Records – How to make sense of all that paperwork

We are still relatively new to forestry and land management because we have only been actively involved as an agricultural family business for less than 25 years.  One of the first things we learned was the importance of records and … Continue reading

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How Next Generation Can Be Involved (Part 2)

Everyone in a family has some attribute that can be used to benefit the family business.  It is a responsibility of the current generation to work with those in the next generation(s) to find their niche that can be of … Continue reading

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