Recent harvesting carried out on a clients clearfell, consisting of 2.5 hectares of Sitka Spruce at 29 years of age. Product assortments maximised at all times in order to achieve optimum return possible to the forest owner. A total of 750 tonnes of top quality...
IFA LAUNCHES PLAN TO REVITALISE THE SECTOR & ENSURE REGIONAL A change in Government policy on forestry is needed to ensure the sector can reach its potential to create jobs and help Ireland to meet its climate change and renewable energy targets, while ensuring a balanced...
Thank you to all who visited our stand at this years National Ploughing Championships. ...
EIB announces two multimillion euro forestry investments Date Posted: 04.02.2017 The European Investment Bank has confirmed a new €90 million long-term loan to the State-owned forestry group Coillte, and is teaming up with the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) to back a new €112 million investment in...
The European Investment Bank(EIB) has backed an investment in Irish forestry that will see €112m provided to the industry in Ireland. The EIB will contribute €28.5m to the new initiative that will provide investment to privately owned forests across Ireland. The Irish Strategic Investment Fund is the...
by Paddy Bruton, Forestry Services Limited Timber prices are back to boom-time levels and long term demand will outstrip supply Over the years, timber prices have kept pace with inflation and many analysts believe that timber prices especially within Europe will increase relative to inflation in the...
In his Keynote Address to the National Forestry Conference, Tom Hayes, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for forestry, stressed the significant contribution the forestry sector actually makes to the economy and society in general, noting...
The events were organised by Teagasc, in association with the Forest Service of the DAFM, and attended by a large number of forest owners. Forestry experts from Teagasc and the Forest Service focused on the key actions required by forest owners. Nuala Ni Fhlatharta, Head...
Forestry Services Ltd. recently paid tribute to the Moran family in Co. Tipperary who successfully repositioned their business following an outbreak of TB in 2003. Below is the full story from the Irish Independent from December 3, 2013. A Tipperary family who diversified into forestry when...