Arbeitswirtschaftliche und technische Analyse der Holzernte im Bauernwald

Reserves in farm forests are of special significance for covering the future demand of wood. Up to now the farmers do the logging by themselves in the time from November to February. The average annual cut is 3 cubic meters per hectar. Logging is still heavy work. Almost all enterprises own power saws and farm tractors, but no suitable additional machinery. Small private woodland owners come up to only 25-40 percent of the productivity in large forest enterprises when harvesting small or heavy timber! Logging costs are represented, the share in covering fixed costs is calculated, and the potential income from agriculture and forestry is compared. By means of work load planning it is shown that farmers have enough spare time besides agriculture to mobilize the reserves in their forests by themselves. Presupposition for this is a balanced relation of costs and returns. This can be achieved on the one hand through a raised level of timber prices and a better market position for small forest enterprises, on the other hand through lowered harvesting costs when productivity is increased.