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- Carbon farming will determine the future of sheep, beef and production forestry
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- Carbon farmers need to understand the ETS
- Carbon-farming economics are also attractive on easier country
- Carbon farming steps forward on the North Island hard-hill country
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Category Archives: forestry
Wrestling with forestry decisions
Carbon and forestry, increasingly linked to overseas investors, continue to outmuscle sheep and beef but nothing about carbon is simple I had intended this week to move away from forestry to other topics. But once again, I have been drawn … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, Uncategorized
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Post-1989 forest owners face complex decisions
There are close on 400,000 hectares of non-registered post-1989 forests eligible to join the ETS. Once registered, many owners could within one year earn $7500 or more per hectare in historical credits back to 2018 This is a further article … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, Uncategorized
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The ETS is both a goldmine and a minefield
The Government never foresaw the land-use forces they were unleashing with the ETS In recent weeks I have written multiple articles on the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) with a particular focus on forestry. This week I also had an extended … Continue reading
Carbon farming will determine the future of sheep, beef and production forestry
The carbon price is now high enough to change land-use sufficiently to blow away sheep and beef, but too low to significantly influence emission behaviours elsewhere The concept of ‘carbon farming’ has been around for a long time. I recall … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, sheep and beef farms, Uncategorized
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Institutional investors outgun Government at carbon auction
On Wednesday September 1, The Government lost control of the ETS to speculators. This has big implications and challenges for the path ahead. The September 1 2021 auction of carbon credits within the Government’s Emission Trading System (ETS) has brought … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, Uncategorized
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Carbon farmers need to understand the ETS
The price of carbon is determined by Government. There lies the risk for carbon farming. Two recent articles of mine have explored the economics of carbon farming on land that is currently farmed for sheep and beef. Those articles showed … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, Uncategorized
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Carbon-farming economics are also attractive on easier country
Given current carbon prices, the march of the pine trees across the landscape has only just begun. The implications are massive My previous article on carbon farming focused on the North Island hard-hill country. If financial returns are to be … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, Uncategorized
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Carbon farming steps forward on the North Island hard-hill country
In recent months I have been analysing New Zealand sheep and beef farming to try and understand the changing scene. Here, I shift the focus to carbon farming on the North Island hard-hill country where sheep and beef currently predominate. … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, sheep and beef farms, Uncategorized
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The big picture with sheep
The sheep-farming retreat will continue despite excellent meat prices, with carbon farming the mega-force. In recent months, I have written four articles focusing on the sheep and beef industries across New Zealand. My main focus has been to identify the … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, sheep and beef farms, Uncategorized, Wool
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Searching for the future on the North Island hills
Some weeks back I wrote an article on New Zealand’s sheep and beef farms, focusing on the current situation. I said I would be back as there was more to discuss about both the present and the future. Here, I … Continue reading
