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Full tree training simulator for John Deere forestry

28 February 2022
John Deere now offers a forestry full-tree training simulator. This development offers cost-effective and efficient operator training in a risk-free environment, all while avoiding wear and tear on equipment. Source: Timberbiz The training simulator allows operators to explore interac
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Nokia Tyres Russian production

28 February 2022
Nokian Tyres has followed the situation in Ukraine with great sadness and hopes for a quick diplomatic solution but in a statement the company said the safety of its employees is its priority. Nokian Tyres has factories in Finland, Russia, and in the US. Source: Timberbiz In Russia, N
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Sanctions will affect woodworking machinery from Germany to Russia

28 February 2022
Sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia in connection with the military operation in Ukraine have limited transactions on correspondent accounts between German and Russian banks. Source: Lesprom “Now German banks do not open new or even confirm existing letters of credi
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Donated timber goes to school

28 February 2022
A partnership between Forestry Corporation of NSW, Pentarch Forestry and Humula Public School has seen donated timber enhance the student experience for Humula students. Source: Timberbiz The Community Timber Partnerships program saw a truckload of donated timber used to build a scree
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Outlook 2022 explores innovation and sustainability

28 February 2022
Producers, experts, industry representatives, and government officials from Australia and overseas will be participating in ABARES’s Outlook 2022 Conference from 1 – 4 March. Source: Timberbiz Executive Director of ABARES Jared Greenville said the event, the 52nd hosted by ABARES and
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Anthropologist is not an expert on native forestry

28 February 2022
The Farm Forestry Association says anthropologist Dame Anne Salmond’s recently publicised views, that planting native forests offer the best solution to the climate crisis, is misinformed and misleading. Source: Timberbiz Association President Graham West says the overwhelming evidenc
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Wyan timber mill sold unlikely to operate again

28 February 2022
The timber mill at Wyan in New South Wales has been sold. Source: Australian Rural & Regional News The Tarmac Sawmilling site on Tenterfield Rd went into liquidation last July and recently sold. The Tarmac Sawmilling Pty Ltd parent company is in South Australia and a staff member
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Five new research projects for Gippsland contribute to forestry sector

28 February 2022
Victoria’s forestry industries are set to benefit from five new research projects funded by the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation centre in Gippsland. Source: Timberbiz Federal Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Jonno Duniam, and Victorian Minister for Agric
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SA blindsided by Feds on grants for new plantations

28 February 2022
An incentive scheme proposed by the Federal Government for new forestry plantations across Australia requires state governments to contribute millions of dollars blindsiding the SA primary industries minister. Source: The Border Watch Announced in Tasmania by Prime Minister Scott Morr
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The Russian/Ukraine conflict’s effect in Australia

28 February 2022
There is no moral equivalence between trade and the rights of sovereign nations, or of human rights for that matter. Trade is a tool for meeting human needs and advancing the interests of countries. Source: IndustryEdge Inevitably, trade with Russia and the Ukraine is a relevant topic
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