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I think the idea is that timber is a lot less labor intensive. Agriculture almost certainly produces more $ per M^2, but it takes a lot of work planting, fertil
by Manuel_D 4y ago
I think the idea is that timber is a lot less labor intensive. Agriculture almost certainly produces more $ per M^2, but it takes a lot of work planting, fertilizing, and harvesting every year. Timber plantings, judging by what the above commenter wrote, probably consists of planting saplings from a tree nursery then waiting a decade or two for them to mature.
- misterprime 4y agoThere could also be a higher risk in an agricultural crop completely failing due to unlucky weather compared to the risk of a timber crop failing.
- jameshart 4y agoForests have a nasty habit of catching fire though.
- lettergram 4y agoI’m sure they are insured via some mechanism.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoSo are crops.
- maxerickson 4y agoMega fires aren't really an issue in most of the Midwest. There's large forest fires, but the fuel load isn't extremely high and there are not extended dry seasons. Like here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (where timber is a primary landuse) there have been some big fires, but they don't compare in size or frequency to the fires out west.