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Forestry
Government must reinvigorate forestry and promote wood building - FII
James Hanly
FII has launched its manifesto - ‘Forestry for our Future: Delivering on the potential of Irish forestry’ - for the upcoming general election.
25 September 2024 Forestry
Log prices stable for first half of year
Small to medium prices strong while large sawlog prices (€55 – €60/m3) are expected to increase due to the suspension of Scottish log imports, writes Donal Magner.
25 September 2024 Forestry
Trees take centre at Wexford's new woodland show
There is something for everyone over the two days, including woodland talks, information stands, machinery, equipment, demonstrations, artisan craft and food stands, family activities and music.
Now is the time to test private log supply
The extent of log imports may have been exaggerated in recent years as the debate on the risk of spruce bark beetle infestation heightened.
18 September 2024 Forestry
Farmers would ‘bear the brunt’ of larch beetle outbreak - IFA
The larch bark beetle is a large black bark-boring insect which is found in much of Europe and Britain.
30 August 2024 Forestry
Price gap in fencing costs in TAMS
With creosote banned since April 2023, alternatives have pushed fencing prices up while reference costs have remained stagnant.
14 August 2024 News
2024 finances make investments tough
With margins squeezed this year, investing in your farm is becoming more and more difficult.
14 August 2024 Infrastructure
What to do with our hardwoods
The Irish Forest Owners promote hardwood growing, harvesting, selling and sawing at field days and demo events.
31 July 2024 Forestry
Health and Safety Authority launches forestry inspection campaign
The HSA is aiming to reduce the risks associated with forestry work, including handling machinery, working at height, chainsaw use, and emergency response planning in new inspection campaign.
22 July 2024 News
Call for forestry representation on carbon working group
The Irish Timber Growers Association (ITGA) has called for forestry to be represented in the Department of Agriculture carbon farming working group.
3 July 2024 Forestry
Farmer Writes: my ash pension fund is now gone
Tree planting has now to be encouraged big time and undoubtedly landowners are put off by this messy ash dieback business.
3 July 2024 Farmer Writes
Log prices steady over past year
UCD timber survey shows level prices achieved in private sales for small, medium and large logs over 12 months, writes Donal Magner.
3 July 2024 Forestry