The Swiss Wood Industry Association, like the associations in Germany, sees the supply of its hardwood sawmills at risk and therefore insists on compliance with the cascade principle when using hardwood. Hardwood types such as beech, oak and ash are traditionally used in upscale interior design, as parquet flooring and in furniture production. Because components made of hardwood are not only visually appealing, but also have good static...
From Tuesday, Forst BW is organizing a theme week under the motto "careful forest management". The use of heavy machinery will be demonstrated in the Schussental, among other places. At the beginning of the timber harvest, Forst BW, the state's forestry company, organizes a theme week. There are various dates in Baden-Württemberg under the motto "careful forest management". In the Schussental, for example, the use of heavy machinery will be...
The Swedish startup AirForestry, together with Sveaskog, is developing a prototype drone to be used in thinning. The carbon device will weigh around 80 kg with a wingspan of 6.2 m. It transports a 60kg lightweight harvester unit that is said to be able to fell logs up to 0.06m³. This could work as follows: the drone, batteries and harvester unit are transported to the site of operation on a car trailer. There you position the drone over the...
There are enough Christmas trees available to consumers again this year. This has to do with the good weather conditions so far, because there were hardly any dangerous late frosts in spring. However, the rising costs for production, wages and logistics do not make it easy for the approximately 2,000 family businesses in Germany to make Christmas tree cultivation profitable. Nevertheless, according to estimates by the Federal Association of...
