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Title: Economics assessment of intensive culture of short-rotation hardwood crops. [Sycamores; Cottonwoods; Poplars; Alders]

Journal Article · · J. For.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6611684

An analysis of cost data already published (deBell, D. S.; Harms, J.C., 1976), included identification of cost factors associated with intensive culture of short-rotation forest crops (Iowa State J. Res. 50, 295), and applicable to broadleaved species such as sycamore, cottonwoods, poplars and alders. Three intensive management alternatives were tested. Crops coppiced on 4- and 10-year cycles at spacings of respectively 4 X 4 and 12 X 12 feet were economic, while 2-year coppice rotations were not. Results are also presented of a sensitivity analysis showing changes required to make an alternative commercially attractive.

Research Organization:
Coll For, Univ Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA
OSTI ID:
6611684
Journal Information:
J. For.; (United States), Vol. 76:11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English