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Table 6--Summary of financial analysis of loblolly pine by MIC for medium sites (pulpwood $25/cord, sawtimber $350/MBF) at 6 percent real discount rate^a

	Rotation	Yield	NPV	SEV	IRR
	Years	Ft3/ac	$/ac	$/ac	%
Southwide unthinned
SRTS-FIA	30	3,013	416	504	9.6
MIC 1	30	3,158	440	532	9.7
MIC 2	29	3,531	601	737	10.6
MIC 3	28	3,763	648	806	10.9
MIC 4	28	4,373	860	1,070	11.3
MIC 5	27	4,846	990	1,249	11.9
SE thinned
MIC 1	29	2,718	411	504	9.8
MIC 2	28	2,968	550	684	10.8
MIC 3	27	3,203	615	776	11.2
MIC 4	27	3,640	768	966	11.4
MIC 5	25	3,899	1,082	1,411	13.0
SC thinned
MIC 1	29	2,718	411	504	9.8
MIC 2	28	3,429	564	702	10.9
MIC 3	27	3,514	782	987	12.1
MIC 4	26	3,847	1,043	1,337	12.9
MIC 5	25	3,899	1,082	1,411	13.0

^a Assumed 1 percent real annual timber appreciation; MIC=management intensity class.

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