We had some very positive feedback on our Kaharoa kokako piece featured in Wood Matter Issue 1 - Kokako Programme Achieves Milestone. This project seems to have captured the imagination and passion of a number of readers, some of whom are interested in replicating the model.
READ MOREThe Select Committee has been sitting each Monday and hearing many submissions on what different sector groups and agencies would like to see in New Zealand's domestic climate change policies.
READ MOREThe Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has advised that due to the Select Committee Review process and review of submissions on the draft Forestry Allocation Plan, the following key dates could be affected.
READ MOREThere has been very little change in market conditions since last month.
READ MOREAt the start of 2009 PF Olsen warned all their contractors supplying engineering, harvesting and trucking services that harvesting activity could be very subdued in the coming year.
READ MOREThe Henley forest is 5 hectares comprising 3 stands of 19 to 26 year old partly-pruned forest on Gammons Road near Kaikohe. Malcolm Henley wanted to get the best returns from his forest, but wasn't sure how to go about it.
READ MORE"What is the best time to harvest my forest?" is a critical question facing forest owners and has been a central theme in our Harvesting Seminar series.
READ MORESelling woodlots via fixed price stumpage tendering has all but died in Northland over the last 6 months. So what is driving this trend?
READ MORERegional Councils are now beginning to offer funding under the AGS. In most cases, their funding is a fixed subsidy per hectare (rather than the bidding approach). This provides more certainty into the process. Applicants may apply for both subsidy streams (although can only one can be allocated).
READ MOREWhy do we have Surplus Tree Seedlings in 2009? Millions of tree stocks may have to be dumped at nurseries around New Zealand. How has this come about?
READ MOREA buoyant log export market, fine late summer weather and a new log exporter has resulted in PF Olsen exporting a record volume of logs through Port Lyttelton in March. During the month PF Olsen delivered over 7,000 JAS m3 of Radiata pine for export via log exporter Tenco Limited.
READ MOREThe PF Olsen Otago/Southland team has recently had first-hand experience with late pruning and over-thinning.
READ MOREThe same drivers as last month prevail, with increased intensity of demand from China. Enquiries for log supply to China reached an all-time high at PF Olsen in the last week, averaging two per day.
READ MOREThe Government has published its Draft Forestry Allocation Plan in respect of compensation for loss of land value from the imposition of a deforestation liability on pre-1990 forest land.
READ MOREPF Olsen is often approached by overseas organisations seeking to purchase logs or forest products. In fact we have found a good gauge of market strength is the frequency of new enquiries. Currently such enquiries are strong.
READ MORETechnological improvements and increased availability of ortho-photography has lowered the cost of mapping forests. At the same time, the benefits from good forest mapping are increasing.
READ MOREThanks to over 50 years of Radiata pine breeding in New Zealand, we can now access genetically improved treestocks that grow faster, straighter and have better wood qualities.
READ MOREDiseases such as Armillaria root rot affect the health and performance of pine plantations and cause huge annual losses in New Zealand. PF Olsen, in collaboration with Dr Robert Hill of the Lincoln University-based Bio-Protection Research Centre, has developed a bio-control system to make trees more resistant to disease attack.
READ MOREWhilst many of New Zealand's primary producers are suffering from weak demand and poor prices, overall the NZ log market is experiencing somewhat of a counter-cyclical situation. However, this is very much a "game of two (distinctively different) halves".
READ MOREPF Olsen is pleased to welcome Phil Lacy and Mark Wybourne to the PF Olsen team.
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