On 28 July, PF Olsen hosted James Broady, Waiariki Institute of Technology's Forest Management tutor, and Diploma in Forest Management students on a field trip to Ridge Forest. The purpose of our visit was to look/analyse a contractor’s Health & Safety and Environmental Management Systems.
READ MOREPlanting trees with the best, and appropriately chosen genetics, is the easiest thing we can do to improve the future value of our forests.
READ MOREForest owners are having to deal with another drop in export log prices from already low levels for unpruned grades.
READ MOREThe COP21 in Paris will be held this year from 30th November to 11th December. The internationally agreed objective of COP21 is to achieve a new international agreement on climate, applicable to all countries, that will keep global warming below 2°C.
READ MOREExport log prices continued to recover in July, increasing around $6/JAS m³. On average domestic pruned log prices increased $3/tonne, structural log prices decreased $1/tonne and pulp log prices were flat.
READ MOREDuring the 1990s private forestry investment was at an all-time high in New Zealand. This was stimulated by a price spike in 1993 which saw log prices reach an historic record high in the third quarter of 1993.
READ MOREIn May PF Olsen, in partnership with TDDA, ran a series of workshops for staff and contractors on reasonable cause drug and alcohol testing.
READ MOREMany forest owners, big and small, outsource their forest management.
READ MOREThe NZU market did not react to the announcement from Climate Change Minister Hon. Tim Groser that the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) target New Zealand will take to Paris is a 30% reduction below 2005 levels by 2030.
READ MOREConventional tree breeding is a long and time consuming process, particularly for conifers. The normal breeding cycle for Radiata pine is around 32-35 years with backward selection and 8 to 10 years shorter if forward selection is used.
READ MOREThe 2015 Young Farmer Contest Grand Final was held in Taupo in early July and the Agri-Skills Challenge this year included a "Farm Forestry" section co-ordinated by local members of the NZ Farm Forestry Association.
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For sale: Northland Forestry Rights - 250 hectares planted 1991-2002
READ MOREPrincipal's Duties and How it Affects Forest Owners
READ MOREAs forecast last month, export log prices turned upward in June after three months of significant falls.
READ MORE0n the 17th of June an important milestone was reached at a small gathering held in a forest managed by PF Olsen near Rotorua.
READ MORESince the last issue of Wood Matters the NZU price fell back to a low of around $5.00 and units traded in the low $5's for the rest of May.
READ MOREPF Olsen's Gisborne-based silviculture contractor, Rimurapa Ltd, won the 2015 Eastland Wood Council (EWC) Forestry Award for: Industry Excellence – Outstanding Health & Safety Management.
READ MOREMost jobs have peaks in their work flow and stress points during the year.
READ MORETraditional tree breeding relies on scoring trees based on their observed physical characteristics, or phenotypes, along with their pedigree information to determine the breeding values for these trees.
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