Regional 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.
READ MOREDespite yet another apparent derailment of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) after last year's election and appointment of a National-led Government, the ETS with regards forestry, is up and running and several important deadlines are looming.
READ MOREThe deadline for claims for compensation NZUs for pre-1990 forest landowners is 31st July 2009. For many forest owners this will not be a straightforward exercise as the area claimed must be consistent with (or at least no more than) area determination rules set out in the MAF.
READ MORERotorua's "Safe Start" was held on Wednesday 7th January at a Marae at the bottom of Rotoiti forest. Great weather set the stage for a great afternoon.
READ MOREDemand for certification services under PF Olsen Ltd's Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Group Scheme has escalated in recent months. Drivers appear to be the tightening market conditions and the now almost complete move by all corporate forest entities in NZ to obtain FSC certification.
READ MOREJust before Christmas PF Olsen contractors and staff were represented at a release of a young kiwi into the wild at a heavily pest controlled sanctuary on the outskirts of Whakatane.
READ MOREPF Olsen is constantly being approached by log buyers to supply logs directly into Asian markets. Usually these approaches are forwarded onto the established log traders such as Pacific Forest Products who have done a good job serving the sector for some time.
READ MOREThe demand in NZ, Australia and US for structural and pruned lumber remains very weak and we can expect little improvement in pruned and structural log prices until confidence returns to the construction sector in those markets.
READ MOREPF Olsen contacted a selected number of clients last year seeking approval to potentially involve them in a project aimed at crystallizing value out of their pre-Commitment Period 1 (CP1) carbon credits from post-1989 forests.
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