Clarky's Comment - December
As we leave 2016 and look forward to 2017 I cannot help but feel positive about the NZ forestry sector and the role it can play in a prosperous NZ economy and society in the years ahead.
READ MOREAs we leave 2016 and look forward to 2017 I cannot help but feel positive about the NZ forestry sector and the role it can play in a prosperous NZ economy and society in the years ahead.
READ MOREBoth domestic and export log prices drifted in December with minor changes in some regions and to some customers, but overall little change. Both markets continue with strong positive sentiment. The domestic continues to be buoyed by a strong New Zealand property market and construction activity; the export market again is a strong-demand-from-China story.
READ MORETraders have been playing up the potential impact of Key’s resignation on carbon pricing, theorising that Labour has now got a better chance of winning the next election, and therefore the possibility of agriculture entering the ETS has increased.
READ MOREIn November, the second round of environmental training kicked off at Te Kura Whare in Taneatua, with the focus on the importance of water.
READ MORE44 is not only a great calibre of pig hunting rifle – it is also the number of years that Gary Inman, the winner of the PF Olsen Staff 2016 Health and Safety Management Award, has spent working in the Forest Industry.
READ MORECongratulations to Tony from Skyline Harvesting Ltd on achieving his level four Professional Tree Faller certification.
READ MORELocated 49km north-west of Gisborne in a proven high growth area.
READ MOREWe need more trees – what will it take?
READ MOREIt would probably be remiss not to mention the ascendency of Donald Trump to the coveted position of president-elect of the USA, but since every journalist, news anchor, talk show host, blogger and panelist is covering this ad nauseam, Wood Matters will spare readers more coverage. An immediate outcome (apart from mild nausea that such a thing could come about in the 21st century) is rallying USA and Asian share markets and a weaker NZ$. Both, on face value, are supportive of the log market.
READ MOREA lot happens in China in 12 months, the period of time since your Wood Matters editor was last in China.
READ MOREDespite future uncertainty in the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s full steam ahead for his government’s environmental plan, including a national carbon price.
READ MOREGetting paid for the forest produce you sell is obviously a critically important component of a successful forest harvesting and marketing project.
READ MOREWith limited options for pruned log sales for Napier clients, PF Olsen applied for trade credit insurance for Waitane Mill Ltd in late June of 2016.
READ MOREIf you have noticed Pinus radiata trees recently with orange/brown needles it is likely to be red needle cast which is caused by Phytophthora pluvialis which was first reported in New Zealand in 2008.
READ MOREA safe and successful workplace is created by those who are invested in it, which involves having the correct mind-set, values, and beliefs.
READ MOREThis is a second rotation forest and an excellent long-term investment.
READ MOREPF Olsen is requesting expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced harvesting contractors.
READ MOREPF Olsen on behalf of our client, CFPC (New Zealand) Co Ltd, are requesting expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced harvesting contractors.
READ MORETree felling is a physically demanding task, requiring full concentration and the ability to see everything happening around the site at once, so is it surprising that occasionally things go wrong?
READ MOREUnpruned and pruned export log prices increased $2/JAS m3 and $4/JAS m3 respectively in October. This confirms that pruned export log prices troughed last month having fallen up to $50/JAS m3 in the prior three months. The expectation is a modest continued firming trend in export log prices for the foreseeable future.
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