NZIF gets real estate tick
30 August 2017
New Zealand Institute of Forestry members will again be able to deal in forestry real estate transactions nearly a decade after being shut out.
FORESTRY ARCHIVES
Log prices ‘humming’
22 May 2017
New Zealand export log prices generally rose this month, as key fundamentals move in the country's favour, AgriHQ said.
Big money for hard workers in forests
13 April 2017
Wages up to $100,000 a year fall short of attracting young people into forestry careers, Forest Industry Contractors’ Association (FICA) president Ross Davis says.
Forest area set to double
30 March 2017
A big area of plantation forest due to be harvested in the next decade will significantly reduce New Zealand’s carbon sequestering stocks and increase emissions unless replanted.
Planting picks up but still slow
30 March 2017
The economics of forestry stack up well for farm owners and that is where a lot of the new tree planting should come from, Forest Owners Association chairman Peter Clark says.
Logs reach new high
20 February 2017
Strong domestic building activity combined with buoyant horticulture and viticulture industries has pushed up the price of roundwood logs to a record.
Log prices still at highest levels
1 February 2017
The house-building boom means structural log prices are at about their highest levels since AgriHQ started keeping records in the early 1990s.
Tree conference a practical forum
31 January 2017
This year’s New Zealand Farm Forestry Association conference will highlight the diverse geography of the region around Feilding where it is being held.
Fire services rejig is welcomed
12 January 2017
Forest owners will be the significant beneficiaries of Fire Service changes that come in to force from July 1.
Big earnings leap for dairy coming, MPI says
13 December 2016
Dairy returns should take a big leap up with a 24% improvement in 2018, the Primary Industries Ministry says in its latest Situation and Outlook.
