A traditional ground-based system for woody biomass harvesting in Short Rotation Woody Crop (SRWC) plantations – a case study in Michigan

Reconfigured forage harvesting equipment utilized for plantation biomass harvesting and processing is highly productive but is expensive and not yet widely used in short rotation woody crop (SRWC) production systems. Traditional timber harvesting equipment, on the other hand, has been widely used for decades and can be adapted for use in SRWC plantations. Productivity of these traditional systems is not well understood when utilized in such...