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operating plant, while new plants, mostly OSB, average about 350 million ft2 per operating plant. Capacities of MDF plants tend to be somewhat smaller, and the current average is around 160 million ft2 per plant (Fig. 6). One consequence of increasing plant size is a larger wood procurement radius. Increased size offers economies of scale