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South Carolina Hardwood Pulpwood Prices Show Mixed Trends In the fourth quarter of 2025, the average statewide stumpage prices for pine and hardwood pulpwood in South Carolina were $5.00 per ton and $6.30 per ton, respectively. Compared to the third quarter of 2025, pine pulpwood prices declined by approximately 10%, while hardwood pulpwood prices increased […]

Biochar and Importance in SC Forests cover about two-thirds of South Carolina’s land area and provide not only timber but also a vast source of renewable biomass- the leftover wood from thinning, logging, or forest management activities. Much of this material is currently underused, often left to decompose or burned in piles, which can increase […]

South Carolina Hardwood Pulpwood Prices Continue Decline In the third quarter of 2025, the average statewide prices for pine and hardwood pulpwood in South Carolina were $5.70 per ton and $4.50 per ton, respectively. Compared to the first quarter of 2025, pine pulpwood prices have dropped by approximately 16%, while hardwood pulpwood prices have seen […]

South Carolina Pulpwood Prices Continue Downward Trend: In the second quarter of 2025, South Carolina’s statewide average prices for pine and hardwood pulpwood were $5.5 per ton and $6.3 per ton, respectively. Compared to the first quarter of 2025, these prices reflect declines of 18% for pine and 4% for hardwood pulpwood. The pine pulpwood […]

Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q1, 2025: In the first quarter of 2025, South Carolina’s statewide average prices for pine and hardwood pulpwood were $6.8 per ton and $6.5 per ton, respectively. Compared to the previous quarter (Q4 of 2024), these figures represent declines of 12% for pine and 32% for hardwood pulpwood. Pine pulpwood prices […]

Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q4, 2024: South Carolina statewide average pine pulpwood prices were $7.7/ton, and the hardwood pulpwood prices were $10.1/ton in the 4th quarter of 2024. Compared to the pine and hardwood pulpwood prices in the previous quarter (Q3 of 2024), there is a 10% and 5% decline in both prices, respectively. The […]

Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q3, 2024: South Carolina statewide average pine pulpwood prices were $8.66/ton, and the hardwood pulpwood prices were $10.18/ton in the 3rd quarter of 2024. Compared to the pine and hardwood pulpwood prices in the previous quarter (Q2 of 2024), it is an increase of 14% and 2%, respectively. Pine pulpwood prices […]

Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q1, 2024: South Carolina statewide average pine pulpwood prices were $8.12/ton, and the hardwood pulpwood prices were $9.21/ton in the 1st quarter of 2024. Compared to the pine and hardwood pulpwood prices in the previous quarter (4th of 2023), it is an increase of 7% and 17%, respectively. The change in […]

Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q4, 2023: South Carolina statewide average pine pulpwood prices were $7.59/ton, and the hardwood pulpwood prices were $7.84/ton in the 4th quarter. Compared to pine and hardwood pulpwood prices in the previous quarter (3rd), it is an increase of 7% and 24%, respectively. Pulpwood prices were doing relatively better at the beginning […]

Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q2, 2023: In the second quarter of 2023, statewide pine pulpwood stumpage prices averaged $8.89/ton, while the average hardwood rates were $8.54/ton in South Carolina. It is a dramatic decline in pulpwood prices from the first quarter of 2022 when pine and hardwood pulpwood stumpages were above $14/ton. Sawtimber Stumpage Trends in […]