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Southern pulpwood harvesting productivity and cost changes between 1979 and 1987.
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Year Published
1994
Publication
Research Paper NC-318. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
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 costsCitation
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 https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-RP-318.