Net Income Comparison of Forest Rotation Length
IN CONTEXT #44, Summer 1996
© December 1994 by Tom Bender, © 1996
by Context Institute
Table from "Improving The Economic Value Of Coastal
Public Forest Lands" by Tom Bender. Data from "The Economics
of Sustainable Forestry" by Mark Wigg, Society of American Foresters,
1989
|
ACTIVITY |
FOREST ROTATION LENGTH | | 60
Year | 90 Year |
180 Year |
Clearcut (Acres) | 300 |
200 | 100 |
| BF VOL/AC |
15,239 | 23,251 |
68,514 | | CF
VOL/AC | 4,249 |
4,844 | 12,412 |
| AVE DBH |
12.0 | 23.7 |
45.6 | | Stumpage
Price $/MBF | $120 |
$238 | $285 |
| Income/Acre |
$1,829 | $5,534 |
$19,526 | | Subtotal
Income | $548,604 |
$1,106,800 | $1,952,600
|
First Commercial Thin (Acres) | 0
| 200 | 100
| | BF VOL/AC |
| 4,622 |
4,622 | | CF
VOL/AC | |
1,693 | 1,693 |
| AVE DBH |
| 10.7 |
10.7 | | Stumpage
Price $/MBF | |
$35 | $35 |
| Income/Acre |
| $162 |
$162 | | Subtotal
Income | |
$32,400 | $16,200 |
Second Commercial Thin (Acres) |
| 200 | 100
| | BF VOL/AC |
| 8,748 |
8,748 | | CF
VOL/AC | |
2,243 | 2,243 |
| AVE DBH |
| 14.1 |
14.1 | | Stumpage
Price $/MBF | |
$74 | $74 |
| Income/Acre |
| $647 |
$647 | | Subtotal
Income | |
$129,400 | $64,700 |
Third Commercial Thin (Acres) |
| | 100
| | BF VOL/AC |
| |
6,408 | | CF
VOL/AC | |
| 1,378 |
| AVE DBH |
| |
19.8 | | Stumpage
Price $/MBF | |
| $142 |
| Income/Acre |
| |
$910 | | Subtotal
Income | |
| $91,000 |
TOTAL INCOME/YEAR | $548,604
| $1,268,600 |
$2,124,500 |
Site Preparation (Acres) | 300
| 200 | 100
| | $/Acre |
$246 | $246 |
$246 | | Subtotal
| $73,800 | $49,200
| $24,600 |
Reforestation (Acres) | 300 |
200 | 100 |
| $/Acre | $300
| $300 | $300
| | Subtotal |
$90,000 | $60,000 |
$30,000 |
Precommercial (Acres) | 300 |
200 | 100 |
| $/Acre | $383
| $383 | $383
| | Subtotal |
$114,900 | $76,600 |
$38,300 |
Release (Acres) | 300 |
200 | 100 |
| $/Acre | $101
| $101 | $101
| | Subtotal |
$30,300 | $20,200 |
$10,100 |
Fertilize (Acres) | 300 |
200 | 100 |
| $/Acre | $65
| $65 | $65
| | Subtotal |
$19,500 | $13,000 |
$6,500 |
TOTAL EXPENSES/YEAR | $328,500
| $219,000 |
$109,500 |
NET INCOME/YEAR | $220,104
| $1,049,600 |
$2,015,000 | |
POI Harvested (BF) | 9.1
| 3.8 | 1.4
| | Volume Harvested
(BF) | 4,571,700 |
7,324,200 | 8,829,200
| | Volume Harvested
(CF) | 1,418,700 |
1,756,000 | 1,772,600
| | Acres Treated
| 1,800 | 1,600
| 900 | |
Average Inventory (MMBF) | 50
| 190 | 625
|
© December 1994 by Tom Bender, © 1996
by Context Institute
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