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Forestry contractors to benefit from new Tasmanian assistance scheme 

16 September 2019
The forestry sector is poised to receive a boost by way of a joint initiative announced by the Hodgman government. Securing funding the newly announced Forestry Contractors Resilience Program (FCRP) combines business upskilling by way of business management training with financial gra
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Mount Lofty forestry safety workshop

16 September 2019
Road transport safety will be the focus of a workshop for Mount Lofty Ranges forest industry members later this month. ForestrySA will co-host the event for industry operators, managers, workers and contractors, as part of its ongoing commitment to transport safety in the region. Sour
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FICA surveys log pricing levels

16 September 2019
Industry adjustment to the new log pricing levels is continuing to take place in New Zealand. As with all adjustments this affects businesses and individuals in very different ways depending on their individual financial circumstances and the part of the sector they are operating in.
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Combined ANZ log exports up 9.5% in 2018-19

16 September 2019
Combined exports of softwood logs from New Zealand and Australia totalled 26.4 million m3 in the 2018-19 financial year. Total exports from the two countries lifted 9.5% compared with the prior year, in line with the 10.5% per annum increases recorded over the decade since 2009. Sourc
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Trespass laws passed but not for forestry on Crown Land

16 September 2019
Tough new farm trespass laws to protect Australia’s farmers including wood processing facilities, from the unlawful actions of animal activists have passed both houses of Parliament. The Government amended the Bill to include wood processing however, forestry operations on Crown land
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Vale: Glenn Britton

16 September 2019
Tasmanian timber stalwart Glenn Britton passed away in at the Royal Hobart Hospital last Thursday night, following a stroke. Mr Britton was most recently managing director of Tasmanian timber company, Britton Timbers. He was aged 76. Source: Timberbiz Australian Forest Products Associ
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Tech transfer for the softwood sector to improve processing

16 September 2019
A new approach to tech transfer and skills development was delivered through a workshop to help the softwood sector improve its understanding of how to better use the massive quantities of data collected during mill operations, with a view to improving processing activities. Source: T
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Ponsse new training centre for Russia

12 September 2019
The opening of the new training and service centre of OOO Ponsse, Ponsse’s subsidiary in Russia, was celebrated in St Petersburg. With its area of 1500 square metres, the new training centre is one of the company’s largest investments in Russia, totalling approximately EUR 3 million.
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Deere adds to TimberMatic Maps and TimberManager

12 September 2019
John Deere has expanded the technology offered in TimberMatic Maps and TimberManager software to full-tree equipment, including feller bunchers and skidders. These streamlined software solutions offer loggers enhanced machine visibility and communication for a productive work day. Sou
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CIFOR wades in on forest fires and climate change

12 September 2019
Robert Nasi director general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) recently wrote an opinion piece on the damage from forest fires. He said a complex combination of a changing climate, policies and conversion of scrub and trees to agricultural land in the Amazon tu
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