In a down market, it's always welcome to find new opportunities to improve log returns for the forest owner. PF Olsen has been working with log exporting companies to ship logs to Asian ports in containers.
READ MOREAfter hitting a low in November 2007 last year and drifting sideways for several months, export log returns slowly increased to a "peak" in February 2008 and then drifted downwards.
READ MOREThe Kaharoa Kokako Trust is a community-based initiative aimed at restoring populations of this iconic native New Zealand bird. Based in Kaharoa, just north of Rotorua, the Trust has facilitated a concerted possum and rat control programme throughout the Kaharoa Conservation Area.
READ MOREAfter 15 years each in forestry, Brett Jobe and Logan Negus have found the forest industry offers them a diverse and satisfying career.
READ MOREPF Olsen welcomes Selwyn Plantation Board (SPB) as one of its new clients. Based in Canterbury and managed from our Christchurch office, SPB now has forestry and harvesting management services, along with FSC certification, provided by PF Olsen.
READ MOREPF Olsen's Environment Manager, Kit Richards, was recongnised as the New Zealand Institute of Forestry Inc (NZIF) 2007 Forester of the Year at the Institute's annual conference in Palmerston North in May.
READ MOREMatthew Haigh, a farmer from Putaruru, wanted his 8ha woodlot of 15 year old pines cleared to make way for a dairy conversion and contacted PF Olsen to do the job.
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