Taranakipine CEO Tom Boon says the region is heading for a timber shortfall as forests planted in the 1990s are harvested and as demand increases. Source: Stuff.co.nz So he’s suggesting to farmers thinking about establishing forests to seek professional advice. That way they can

Farmers and other interested stakeholders are encouraged to have their say on regulation affecting Australia’s agriculture sector, with the release of an issues paper today as part of a Productivity Commission inquiry that will look at ways to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden acro

Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce announced the service providers who will deliver Rural Financial Counselling Services (RFCS) to regional communities from 1 April 2016. “As a bush accountant myself, I know full well the challenges of managing farm finances,

The Gottstein Memorial Trust, the national education trust for the forest and wood product industries, has been assisting people in the sector with development opportunities for more than 40 years. Source: Timberbiz The 22nd Gottstein Wood Science Course will be held at the CSIRO Clay

A ground-breaking report has found that Australia is well placed to secure prosperity over the coming decades despite the challenges of an uncertain and possible resource constrained future. Source: Timberbiz However, this prosperity is not a given, instead Australia’s future will be

Plantation forestry companies, farmers and conservation groups are among those involved in two projects in Western Australia’s Great Southern region which aim to link and re-connect bushland in critical areas of the Gondwana Link pathway. Source: Timberbiz Federal Member for O’Connor,

The final phase of a trial of cutting edge technology to better protect Victorians from the risk of powerline related bushfires has ended. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Energy and Resources Lily D’Ambrosio inspected world-first testing of Rapid Earth Fault Current Limiter (REFCL) tec

The above ground carbon (AGC) storage of open Eucalyptus forests is currently unknown, yet they are estimated to account for almost 25% of all Australian forests and about 60% of forests in Victoria. Sources: Timberbiz, FWPA This new study provides the best possible estimates of total