Farm Forestry New ZealandNewsletter 126, April 2020
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Forestry Knowledge Hub - survey Sefton sawyer too busy to log out Winners announced for the 2020 NZ Timber Design Awards
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Forestry Knowledge Hub - SurveyTe Uru Rakau is building a digital Forestry Knowledge Hub to bring together sector information that works for everyone. It’s being designed to help you make important decisions - from planning your project, to managing your trees, right through to harvesting and marketing. They want to make sure you find what you need when you go there. To check this, they are running a short survey. You’ll be asked some questions, and you’ll need to select where in the site you think you would go to find that information. This will let them know the website they are building for you works, and make relevant changes to help you find what you need. We’re asking our members to take part as you may have a need for the information the website will hold. You don’t need to have a lot of experience or prior knowledge. Your input will help Te Uru Rakau make sure the website works for you and our industry. The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete and Te Uru Rakau will be gathering the results over the next two weeks. Thanks for your help. Kirstie Lester Sefton sawyer too busy to log outFor those of you who didn't hear the National radio interview of Canterbury farm forestry John Fairweather on his sawmilling operation, it is a great listen... "A sawmill in North Canterbury produces hardwood timber products from eucalyptus trees. Owner John Fairweather, who was introduced to forestry as a teenager by his father, also grows several species at his 20 hectare plantation in Sefton. Currently he is milling the bearers and planks for the re-construction of the Governors Bay Jetty from 200 tonnes of logs that come from a farm on Banks Peninsula." Listen » Winners announced for the 2020 NZ Timber Design AwardsNZFFA sponsor the NZ Specialty Timber award for the use of NZ grown alternative species (i.e. excludes Douglas Fir and Radiata Pine). See the winner in this youtube video. See the highly commended second place in this youtube video. Woodlot Analysis Tool (WATS)An enhanced version of the Woodlot Analysis Tool (WATS) is now available in the Calculators section on the Forest Growers Research website. Initial user feedback led to a number of improvements, mainly in usability of the tool. WATS aims to help small forest and woodlot owners establish an indicative value for their forest at harvest, and understand the magnitude of the various factors influencing that value such as harvesting costs, log cartage etc. Also available is an accompanying updated manual - ‘How to harvest and market your woodlot for profit’ - by Dr Glen Murphy and Prof. Rien Visser. The manual includes two WATS case studies of woodlot harvesting operations.
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