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Plantation Insurance

23 Sep 2021

Plantation trees are valuable and become more so over their lifetime, there are however, a number of challenges facing the Plantation Insurance market at the moment with the majority of underwriters advising they are no longer offering this type of...

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PFT's Agriforester elected as Chair of the IFA/AFG Tasmanian Division

23 Sep 2021

The Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) and Australian Forest Growers (AFG) is a professional association with about 1000 members. The members are forest scientists, professionals, managers, and growers operating in all aspects of forest and natural resource management throughout...

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PFT to host Field Trip at IFA/AFG National Conference

23 Sep 2021

As part of the 2021 IFA/AFG National Conference, Private Forests Tasmania will host Field Trip number 1 ‘Forest Growers and Agroforestry’ visiting two properties in the north of the state who have integrated commercial trees into the rural landscape for...

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NW Farmer named Tasmanian Tree Farmer of the Year

23 Sep 2021

Graham Freeman farms a 134-hectare property at Milabeena. He has about 14 hectares of plantation and about 25 hectares of native bush. Over the years his farm has been a successful example of how trees can be integrated into farms....

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Tasmanian Timber Awards 2021

22 Sep 2021

The Tasmanian Timber Awards recognises and celebrates excellence and best practice within our industry and acknowledges those who are leaders in their fields.This month more than 400 people attended the Tasmanian Timber Awards dinner in Launceston....