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January 2011 - Forest Service Announce Changes to Forestry Premiums and Grants

 

In a circular issued on 23rd December 2010 the Forest Service announced some significant changes. These changes include modifications to the afforestation grants and premiums (especially for unenclosed land); changes to the stocking rates for alder, oak and beech; and having the one premium category for all sizes of plantations from now on.  Please refer to the Planting Land section to see the new premiums. For further details please contact us.

 

You can view the circular (Circular 10/2010), in it's entirety, on the Forest Services website by clicking here.

 

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07 October 2010 - Connick launches Model Timber Sales System

 

Seán Connick, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with responsibility for forestry, this week launched a Model Timber Sales System aimed at private timber growers. The Model System was developed by the Irish Timber Growers Association (ITGA) with funding from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

 

Welcoming the Model Timber Sales System developed by the ITGA to address this need, Minister of State Connick said "In view of the increase in planting by the private sector in recent years, this model system provides a useful template for plantation owners to track and account for their timber when this timber is being harvested and sold.  The importance of this development should be seen in the context of the volume of timber being moved every year with over 2.4 million cubic metres of timber, from public and private forests, harvested in Ireland in 2009.  This model timber sales system will go some way towards ensuring that private growers have a system readily available to allow them to maximise the return from their timber sales".

 

The full article can be found on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food website.

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