The potential rewards of growing eucalypts in New Zealand have captivated many foresters over the years resulting in a range of species being planted over thousands of hectares. However, with the benefit of hindsight, it's fair to say that the genus has not lived up to expectations yet.
READ MOREThe outcome of recent heavy weather in Hawke's Bay graphically shows the effective erosion protection afforded by forest cover – in this instance Radiata pine.
READ MOREHarvesting levels remain generally high across the country with increased activity in areas such as the central north island where large areas of wind-blown trees from the storms in April are quickly being salvaged to recover as much value prior to fungal deterioration in the wet conditions.
READ MOREAbout five years ago Evan attended a forestry conference at the Mission Estate hosted by PF Olsen. This was informing farmers and landowners with farm forestry the requirements to be harvest ready and the planning involved.
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READ MOREThe Forecaster modelling framework has been developed by Future Forests Research (FFR) to deploy science outputs in a form that is usable for forest growers. The tool will allow the planner to model the interactions of genetics, site and management practices on grade outturn (m3/ha) at specified rotation lengths.
READ MORELast month Jim Anderton (MP for Wigram and Leader of the Progressive Party) spoke out about the opportunity for wood to provide a safe, ecologically sound and cost-effective building material to rebuild Christchurch city, see "The Press".
READ MOREUnsurprisingly business lobby groups, including agriculture, are calling for a continuation of the soft approach to emitter accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, with the general taxpayer picking up the shortfall.
READ MOREThe Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), in its latest Sustainable Forestry Bulletin Sustainable Forestry Bulletin 25 MAF Publication database announced that Cabinet has approved the drafting of the regulations for the Field Measurement Approach (FMA) for assessing carbon stocks in post-1989 forest.
READ MOREMarch was an intriguing month on the carbon market with the NZU price showing increased volatility. Within a week the price increased to the late $20s on the back of the Japan earthquake and fears of what a world without nuclear power would look like in terms of increased greenhouse gas emissions.
READ MOREThe strong timber market has resulted in a 19.5% increase in total New Zealand roundwood removals in 2010 to an estimated 24.8 million m³. This was due to high volumes of log exports which were up 23.4 % to 10.9 million m³.
READ MOREWe extend a warm (and a little belated) welcome to the following new people at PF Olsen.
READ MOREAfter a couple of days visiting logging crews in the Marlborough Sounds my comment this month is around the opportunity now open to the owners of some of New Zealand's most remote and difficult harvesting forests.
READ MORESatellite imagery has been available for 30 years or more but the low resolution, high cost and timeliness has resulted in limited uptake for routine commercial forest management applications in New Zealand. Through the Future Forests Research (FFR) Radiata Theme a new generation of satellite imagery, only available since late 2010, is being evaluated.
READ MOREIf resinous wood is used in exterior products (such as barge boards) the resin can bleed out of the surface within a summer and can continue bleeding for many years.
READ MORENZUs pushed through the $20 mark last week for the first time this year. This has been brought about by a strengthening CER price in NZ dollar terms and the lack of volume coming onto the market.
READ MORELog prices have risen in again in March in almost all categories. Again this is driven by a combination of a strong export market and increased at-wharf-gate purchasing competition as new purchasers enter the market.
READ MOREMAF is currently conducting a review of the various forestry encouragement schemes.
READ MOREThe ANZ Commodity Price Index surged another 3.8 percent over the first month of 2011, to hit yet another new high. Thirteen commodity prices registered a rise in January, three were unchanged and one declined.
READ MOREThe ACC public consultation to introduce the Experience Rating Programme (ERP) into the work account ran from 1 October to 29 October 2010. The outcome seems to be balanced and fair.
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