The University Of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources will sponsor a logging cost analysis course to be held June 12-13 at the Cunningham Research Station, 200 Cunningham Road, in Kinston, NC. The course will be presented by Dr. Joe Conrad, an assistant professor of forest operations in the Center for Forest Business at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, and Dr. Chad Bolding, an associate professor of forest operations/engineering in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech.
The course will cover both principles and applications of logging cost analysis techniques from the perspective of wood dealers, procurement foresters, and independent logging contractors. Course content will focus on methods for evaluating historic production and cost records within the context of the evolving wood supply chain. Spreadsheet models will be reviewed and provided to participants for hands-on training involving modifications necessary to assess and simulate a range of harvesting systems, techniques, and equipment mix variations. Upon completion of this course, participants should be well-equipped to better evaluate logging costs using a range of techniques.
Foresters, wood buyers, logging contractors involved in wood procurement, sale layout, and timber harvesting, forest engineers, forestry equipment representatives, and others who service the timber harvesting industry would benefit from the course content. All participants must bring a laptop computer equipped with Microsoft Excel version 2007 or later and a 25-foot extension cord for powering your laptop. Files used for the class will be transferred from a flash drive or provided on a CD.
The cost to register is $365 if you register by May 23 or $395 after that date. The course will earn attendees multiple Continuing Education Credits. A block of rooms has been reserved for course attendees at the Hampton Inn in Kinston.
If you have more questions or would like to register over the phone, please contact Ingvar Elle at 706-583-0566 or [email protected] or visit https://conted.warnell.uga.edu/courses/lca2018 for more information.