Southern pulpwood harvesting productivity and cost changes between 1979 and 1987.

Douglas R. Carter; Frederick W. Cubbage; Pamela J. Jakes

doi:10.2737/NC-RP-318

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Southern pulpwood harvesting productivity and cost changes between 1979 and 1987.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Douglas R. Carter, Frederick W. Cubbage, Pamela J. Jakes

Year:

1994

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-RP-318

Source:

Research Paper NC-318. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

The Southern U.S. pulpwood harvesting industry experienced substantial changes in productivity and logging costs from 1979 to 1987. This research measures physical and economic changes in southern timber harvesting and the degree of industry shifting between different levels of harvesting mechanization.

Keywords

economics, pulpwood, logging costs

Citation

Carter, Douglas R.; Cubbage, Frederick W.; Stokes, Bryce J.; Jakes, Pamela J. 1994. Southern pulpwood harvesting productivity and cost changes between 1979 and 1987. Research Paper NC-318. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station