Graduate Research Assistant NC State University Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Fast-growing, veneer-quality hybrid poplar is evaluated as an emergent market in western North Carolina where knowledge of short-rotation silviculture already exists. Accessible productivity and profitability models are needed to support decision-making for hybrid poplar’s cultivation for landowners, mills, and Christmas tree producers.
Learning Objectives:
conceptualize how Productivity and Economic Assessment Models (PEAM) and enterprise budget profitability tools aid in industry and landowner decision making of an emerging short rotation forest crop, veneer-quality hybrid poplar.
articulate agricultural and forestry industry trends making short rotation veneer-quality hybrid poplar an attractive crop, specifically a spreading disease in the Christmas tree industry and higher projected revenues for hybrid poplar than alternative crops.
