To borrow or not to borrow? The financial attractiveness of borrowing funds to apply herbicides for hardwood control in establishing loblolly pine stands on cutover sites in the South.

Steven H. Bullard, Stephen F. Austin State University, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
Ron Honea

Bullard, S.H., and R. Honea. 1997. To borrow or not to borrow? The financial attractiveness of borrowing funds to apply herbicides for hardwood control in establishing loblolly pine stands on cutover sites in the South. Forest and Wildlife Research Center Bulletin FA-069-0297, Mississippi State, MS, 11 p.

Abstract

Today there is an increased potential for using herbicides in loblolly pine stand establishment in the South. Nonindustrial private forest landowners' use of herbicides in pine stand establishment may be limited however, by their inability or reluctance to invest "out-of-pocket" funds at the beginning of a timber rotation....