The split of harvested volume across log grades — sawlog and veneer, pulpwood and chip, and residue — set by each stem’s diameter, straightness and defect. On a 10-year pulp rotation the premium fraction is inherently small.
Short-rotation WA blue gum is grown as a pulpwood crop; small stem diameter and growth stress keep sawlog and veneer recovery low, so the great majority of volume grades to export woodchip.
FWPA ↗Grade is where biology meets both price and permanence: higher grades earn more at the mill and, downstream, decide how long the carbon stays locked away. A rising sawlog share signals larger, cleaner stems — and moves carbon from short-lived to long-lived storage.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Grow larger, cleaner stems — longer rotations lift sawlog recovery.
Prune and thin selectively to raise stem form and diameter.
Direct the best butt logs to their highest-value grade at harvest.
The split of harvested volume across log grades — sawlog and veneer, pulpwood and chip, and residue — set by each stem’s diameter, straightness and defect. On a 10-year pulp rotation the premium fraction is inherently small.
You need: Log volume by grade (m³), Total harvested volume (m³). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Short-rotation WA blue gum is grown as a pulpwood crop; small stem diameter and growth stress keep sawlog and veneer recovery low, so the great majority of volume grades to export woodchip.
Grow larger, cleaner stems — longer rotations lift sawlog recovery. Prune and thin selectively to raise stem form and diameter. Direct the best butt logs to their highest-value grade at harvest.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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