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Economies of Scale for Newly Constructed Southern Pine Nurseries

Cost is an important consideration in constructing and operating new nurseries to grow bare-root and containerized southern pine seedlings for reforestation. Each type of nursery has different capital requirements. The cost of erecting a container seedling nursery is competitive with the cost of building a new bare-root nursery. By analysis it is shown that containerized seedlings can be grown economically and deserve a place in pine reforestation programs.


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Author(s): Richard W. Guldin

Publication: 1982 Southern Nursery Conferences

Event: Southern Nursery Conferences - Western Session
1982 - Oklahoma City, OK

Section: Nursery Operations and Economics