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• Wairoa foresters forced to subsidise local meatworks
  Thursday, February 18, 2021
  Foresters in the Wairoa District are appalled that a part of their recent rate increase will go to propping up the local meatworks. Wairoa District Council disclosed at a meeting…
• Foresters say pines to be relied on to meet climate targets
  Monday, February 01, 2021
  The Forest Owners Association says the Climate Change Commission has endorsed the crucial role exotic forestry will carry out in meeting New Zealand’s net greenhouse gas emission targets in 2030…
• Forest Growers Levy rate to increase for the first time in seven years
  Thursday, December 03, 2020
  Directors of the Forest Growers Levy Trust have raised the rate on Harvested Wood Materials, for the first time since the levy was introduced by a forest grower referendum in…
• Forest Growers Levy Board increases Levy to 33 cents per tonne
  Thursday, November 26, 2020
  The Board of the Forest Growers Levy Trust has increased the Levy rate to 33 cents per tonne of harvested wood materials, the first increase in the Levy rate since…
• Minister's Roots In Forestry
  Tuesday, November 24, 2020
  The Minister of Forestry, Stuart Nash when speaking at the annual Farm Forestry Awards last Tuesday, announced he had started his career in farm forestry and as a student pruned trees…
• Forest industry says main political parties abandon forest industry
  Tuesday, October 13, 2020
  Forest industry says main political parties abandon forest industry at economic and environmental cost The Labour and National parties’ policies on forestry, leading into the election, are disappointing to forest…
• Taxpayers to pick up carbon cost if production forests are restricted
  Friday, September 18, 2020
  The Forest Owners Association says taxpayers are likely to have to pay billions of dollars for imported carbon credits, if planting production forests is to be restricted with the idea…
• Forest industry says government wood preference policy good for economy and environment
  Tuesday, September 15, 2020
  Forest owners say the government’s announcement of a policy to give preference to low greenhouse gas emission materials in government construction will be good for both the environment and for…
• Election forestry policy unnecessary
  Tuesday, July 07, 2020
  Right now, we are in a Covid-19 recovery phase and an election year.  Farmers feel good about keeping the economy going, but are challenged by climate change, freshwater regulations and…
• New construction policy will deliver more timber use
  Monday, July 06, 2020
  The Forest Owners Association says the MBIE announcement of ‘Building for Climate Change’ will mean more timber is used in New Zealand construction. FOA President Phil Taylor says he’s been…
• Feds telling their members they can’t sell land for forestry
  Sunday, July 05, 2020
  The Forest Owners Association is startled that the new Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chair is asking the government to restrict the right of farmer members to plant trees or…
• New business agreement with ForestX
  Tuesday, June 23, 2020
  NZFFA has negotiated a Referral and Collaboration Agreement with ForestX NZ Ltd, who provide transaction support for the sales of forests, land and standing timber. The seller pays a listing…
• Promised forest limit trashes zero carbon goals by at least 30,000 hectares a year
  Monday, June 22, 2020
  The Forest Owners Association says New Zealand’s carbon zero goal is seriously in doubt after a statement by the Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor, that the government would ‘need to…
• Better options than Log Bill
  Thursday, June 04, 2020
  The Forest Owners Association says more exports of processed timber products from New Zealand looks a good prospect on paper, but Shane Jones’ current Log Bill is not going to…
• Farm Foresters recommend action in Wood Sector
  Friday, May 22, 2020
  In conjunction with other sector associations, the NZ Farm Forestry Association has made five important post Covid-19 recommendations to the Ministers of Forestry and Agriculture for specific actions in the…
• Forest Owners brace for avalanche of clip-boards in government measure
  Friday, May 15, 2020
  The Forest Owners Association says the industry anticipates an unacceptable and pointless bureaucratic cost to all parts of the forest industry, if the Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry…
• Forest Owners pledge support in Budget measures to assist economic recovery
  Thursday, May 14, 2020
  The Forest Owners Association says it’s keen to work with government and with the rest of the primary industries to implement government investment aimed at reviving the economy after the…
• Forest Growers Levy Trust commits to support industry
  Wednesday, April 29, 2020
  The New Zealand Forest Growers Levy Trust is anticipating borrowing and using reserves to maintain as much of its yearly work programme as possible. The Trust has decided today (29…
• Forest Owners urge caution about back to work this week
  Sunday, April 26, 2020
  The Forest Owners Association President Phil Taylor is cautioning foresters about jumping the gun getting back to work on Tuesday after the lockdown, and that health and safety on the…
• Hunters must respect the rules
  Friday, April 24, 2020
  Game Animal Council General Manager Tim Gale says it is really important that hunters respect the rules around hunting in plantation forests. “While hunters play an important role in managing…
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