I agree Roy O Martin is a timber and land mgmt company just like Georgia Pacific, Louisiana Pacific (company GP spun off due courts said too large in 1970's GP was to Miss River and LP was Louisiana to the Pacific), International Paper, etc. Big boys like GP, IP, since the early 2000's were running away from land mgmt selling out to smaller regional guys. There is no money in land mgmt for the big boys anymore. Cheaper for the big boy mills to buy timber on the open market to supply the lumber mills, paper mills, etc. Leasing land is apart of their business plan to remain profitable.
The land mgmt companies need every penny they can get to be profitable.
I do see them possibly not allowing the group that leases the land presently to resign with them. They may also become stricter on clubs that lease land from them. I do not see them losing revenue from not leasing the land in today's timber market.
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