Abstract
Kentucky plays a pivotal role in providing forest products to the U.S. and the forestry sector is a major economic force in the Commonwealth providing over 51,000 jobs and $9.9 billion to Kentucky’s economy in 2012. This economic input was generated from 708 facilities located in 109 of Kentucky’s 120 counties including a wide range of industries from logging and sawmills to cabinet manufacturers and paper and producers. In 2012 Kentucky was one of the largest producers of hardwood timber with over 590 million board feet of sawlogs and over 900,000 tons of pulpwood harvested from private family-owned forests. This report highlights the economic contribution of the forestry sector to Kentucky in 2012 and provides insights to the sectors predicted performance in 2013.
Publication Date
5-2013
Repository Citation
Stringer, Je ff; Thomas, Billy; Ammerman, Bobby; and Davis, Alison, "Kentucky Forestry Economic Impact Report 2012-2013" (2013). Kentucky Forestry Economic Impact Reports. 1.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/forestry_report/1
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