All the latest forestry news from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date with all the forestry news developments in the sector.
The national police and security service told the Irish Farmers Journal that it will be conducting regular anti-crime patrols and checkpoints in the lead-up to the festive period.
The grant will provide support to forestry contractors and timber hauliers for the purchase of new forest machinery that will optimise environmental performance.
Forestry plantings could top 2,500ha in 2025, up from 1,650ha in 2023 and similar levels this year.
Sustained yield forestry is the key to continuity in forest management, writes Donal Magner.
Fine Gael, Labour and Green Party strongest on a balanced ecological and commercial forestry programme, while Sinn Féin proposes native only tree species.
Department outlines procedures on reducing the risk of disease and pest damage to our trees and forests, writes Donal Magner
The new project will focus on four key areas and has been allocated €770,000.
Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Laois to catch up with forestry contractor Damien Brophy.
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Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to the midlands to catch up with Ireland’s largest multifunctional tiller-mulcher, as it reclaimed 106 acres of an old Christmas tree plantation back into grassland.
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