Midwest Logging Firm Perspectives: Harvesting on Increasingly Parcelized Forestlands

Table 5

Relationship between mechanization and profitability of timber sales of varying sizes.

	Timber sales  1–20 acres		Timber sales  21–80 acres		Timber sales  81+ acres
	𝑛	profitability ratio^a	𝑛	profitability ratio^a	𝑛	profitability ratio^a
Mechanized	137	0.73	243	0.82	171	0.85
Non-mechanized	101	0.88	152	0.88	76	0.82
	𝐹=13.204		𝐹=4.553		𝐹=0.482
	df = 1		df = 1		df = 1
	𝑃<.001		𝑃<.05		𝑃=.488
	𝑛=237		𝑛=394		𝑛=246

^aRatio consisting of the number of total sales in the acreage category divided by the number of profitable sales in the acreage category (range is from 0 to 1).