The years from planting to clearfall. The biologically optimal point is where the current annual increment falls back through the mean annual increment — the moment average growth per year stops rising.
WA blue gum is grown on a short pulpwood rotation of about 10 years, the age at which mean annual increment culminates on these sites.
FWPA ↗Rotation length is the single biggest lever on land productivity and cash flow: cut too early and you leave volume in the ground, too late and MAI is falling while land and capital sit idle. The MAI–CAI crossover marks the sweet spot.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Track MAI and CAI annually rather than harvesting on a fixed age.
Weigh a small growth gain against another year of land and risk cost.
Line up harvest timing with mill demand and haulage capacity.
The years from planting to clearfall. The biologically optimal point is where the current annual increment falls back through the mean annual increment — the moment average growth per year stops rising.
You need: Mean annual increment by age (m³/ha/yr), Current annual increment (m³/ha/yr). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
WA blue gum is grown on a short pulpwood rotation of about 10 years, the age at which mean annual increment culminates on these sites.
Track MAI and CAI annually rather than harvesting on a fixed age. Weigh a small growth gain against another year of land and risk cost. Line up harvest timing with mill demand and haulage capacity.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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