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Figure 13.9--Southern pulpwood production, 1953 to 1998, by product class, and Louisiana southern pine and hardwood pulpwood stumpage prices, 1955 to 1998 (Johnson 1996; Johnson and Howell 1996; Johnson and Steppleton 1996, 1997, 1999; Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry 2000).

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Volume in thousand cords (except last two columns in 1998 dollars):

Year	Softwood Roundwood Volume	Hardwood Roundwood Volume	Softwood Residues Volume	Hardwood Residues Volume	Louisiana Average Softwood Pulpwood Price	Louisiana Average Hardwood Pulpwood Price
	(1,000 cords)	(1,000 cords)	(1,000 cords)	(1,000 cords)	(1998 dollars)	(1998 dollars)
1953	14,148	1,979	28	48
1954	14,108	2,162	86	40
1955	15,488	2,527	259	115	20.86
1956	16,920	2,766	503	156	22.83	9.77
1957	15,713	2,866	1,058	145	24.54	9.34
1958	15,503	2,945	1,589	196	23.91	9.31
1959	16,516	3,773	2,186	276	23.86	9.41
1960	16,491	4,105	2,584	372	24.12	8.81
1961	16,521	4,398	2,832	480	23.17	8.50
1962	16,767	4,970	3,227	622	22.99	8.26
1963	17,115	5,214	3,542	720	22.96	8.20
1964	18,520	5,589	3,946	771	22.35	8.62
1965	19,486	6,128	4,277	900	22.66	8.33
1966	20,778	6,522	4,629	1,133	22.79	8.55
1967	20,765	6,408	5,146	1,333	22.35	8.54
1968	22,322	7,179	6,142	1,433	21.73	8.57
1969	24,456	8,055	6,647	1,712	20.65	8.44
1970	25,826	7,721	6,570	2,036	19.74	8.11
1971	24,081	7,695	8,175	1,964	19.08	7.69
1972	24,805	8,587	8,881	2,007	18.56	8.23
1973	25,259	9,111	10,275	2,462	19.09	8.85
1974	26,191	9,426	10,394	3,092	20.00	8.93
1975	22,750	7,293	9,961	2,331	19.42	8.42
1976	23,583	8,434	12,594	2,802	19.14	7.91
1977	23,657	8,390	14,001	2,810	19.04	7.96
1978	24,112	9,655	13,846	3,015	19.48	7.90
1979	26,140	9,667	14,610	3,919	20.90	8.17
1980	27,270	9,696	13,478	4,076	20.38	8.07
1981	26,936	9,682	13,200	4,487	22.67	7.73
1982	25,610	9,804	12,985	3,834	24.19	7.57
1983	25,760	11,990	14,758	4,105	24.27	7.82
1984	26,453	12,257	15,405	4,614	29.35	6.71
1985	25,231	11,987	15,415	4,345	23.03	6.65
1986	27,115	13,325	15,568	4,582	17.88	6.93
1987	27,982	13,182	16,191	5,080	19.84	7.69
1988	27,639	13,787	15,582	5,122	21.98	7.15
1989	27,479	14,339	15,004	4,091	24.10	7.28
1990	31,407	14,215	14,618	4,792	22.30	6.80
1991	32,011	14,639	14,364	4,068	24.89	9.80
1992	31,990	15,261	15,872	4,816	27.30	9.11
1993	30,126	16,216	15,418	4,888	28.28	11.02
1994	31,148	16,694	15,932	4,711	25.86	11.13
1995	32,664	19,337	15,487	5,206	25.74	15.42
1996	31,380	18,171	14,677	4,296	24.54	13.71
1997	33,993	20,234	15,802	5,868	27.02	19.11
1998	34,171	18,562	16,412	5,527	29.24	17.06
1999	32,705	16,529	15,993	5,856	25.71	13.45