Eden woodchip mill will not be renewing its contract to purchase timber from state forests in East Gippsland, Victoria, when the current agreement expires at the end of 2014. Source: The Eden Magnet
New Zealand’s latest agricultural statistics show that while the 2013 drought led to lower stock numbers in most sectors, and a slowdown in dairy industry growth, it provided ideal conditions for arable crops. Source: Radio New Zealand
New Zealand’s Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew welcomed the expansion of a trial, which has successfully exported timber products to Australia without chemical treatment. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop
New Zealand’s Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew welcomed the expansion of a trial, which has successfully exported timber products to Australia without chemical treatment. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop
The Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ) reported that the downward trend in Australian wood chip exports was broken in 2013 thanks to increased chip demand from Chinese pulp mills. Sources: Wood Resource Quarterly, Infolink
Tasmanian State Resources Minister Paul Harriss said that Forestry Tasmania would not receive any taxpayer subsidies in the new financial year. Source: The Examiner
The blame for the closure of yet another timber mill can be laid squarely at the feet of the National Government and its refusal to intervene in the New Zealand log market according to the New Zealand First party. Source: Scoop
A Moutere sawmill will close and a Nelson mill will switch to purely Douglas fir processing in an industry consolidation that could cost about 30 jobs. Sources: Fairfax NZ News, Stuff.co.nz