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Strong exports make log truck drivers hard to find

05 May 2021
Strong export prices for logs are creating bottlenecks in the New Zealand supply chain, with forest owners reporting problems securing log truck drivers and, in some cases, harvesting contractors. Source: Radio New Zealand Forest Owners Association’s president Phil Taylor said w
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OFO awarded for environmental action at Kaituna mill

30 April 2021
Kaituna Sawmill has been celebrated for its contribution to environmental action at the Cawthron Marlborough Environment Awards held on 23 April 2021.  Source: Timberbiz Kaituna Sawmill has completed a suite of environmental improvements including a 46% reduction in the site’s greenho
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Hawkes Bay proposed trial to benefit farmers and forestry

30 April 2021
New Zealand Hawkes Bay Councillor Will Foley is excited about the proposed trial of the Right Tree Right Place program which he sees as having economic and environmental benefits for the farming community, local economy and wider community. Source: Timberbiz Under the trial, the Regio
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New NZ forest service may fix bottlenecks in supply chain

30 April 2021
The Forest Owners Association says the just announced creation of Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service heralds the potential to fix vital bottlenecks in the initial stages of the forest industry supply chain and drive further timber processing downstream as well. Source: Timberbi
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Forestry NZ to be renamed, relocated and with a greater role

29 April 2021
A greater role for a public forestry service has been outlined by New Zealand’s Forestry Minister, to drive the focus on regional economic development, skills training, and a low-emissions future. Source: Timberbiz Stuart Nash announced Te Uru Rākau (Forestry New Zealand) will be rena
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Maximise genetic gains in pine with DNA tracking

28 April 2021
Tracking tree pedigrees is important in radiata pine tree breeding to maximise genetic gain and minimise inbreeding. Source: Scion In the 70 years since the radiata pine breeding programme was established, breeders have only been able to rely on paper-based records of tree identity an
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Quiet achiever has 66 million trees

26 April 2021
Twelve years ago, New Zealand Carbon Farming was just a concept. Now, it is one of the country’s biggest landowners, and its business model – planting permanent forest – is looking more prescient by the day. Sources: Stuff NZ, Timberbiz The company was founded in 2010. By late 2019, a
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Help for woodlot owners to market and harvest for profit

26 April 2021
A third of New Zealand’s plantation forest estate is in the hands of woodlot owners. Harvesting can be a stressful time for some woodlot owners who may have little knowledge and experience of this phase of the woodlot management cycle. Source: Timberbiz A 15-video series, “How to mark
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A snapshot of newsprint imports to NZ, Australia to benefit

26 April 2021
New Zealand’s imports of newsprint have long been highly limited, due mainly to the self-sufficiency delivered by Norske Skog’s Tasman Mill. That will change in coming months as the Tasman mill transitions to be a supplier of ‘pulp-on-reel’ products and perhaps take up other opportuni
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HarvestTECH attracts 350 from forestry and timber

26 April 2021
Around 350 forestry managers, wood transport schedulers, logging contractors, forest owners, harvest planners and major equipment and technology suppliers met up in New Zealand for HarvestTECH. Sources: Timberbiz, HarvestTECH It was one of the largest gatherings seen in New Zealand an
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