Forestry in the 21st Century

Often when talking with someone who doesn’t have involvement in the forestry industry, they have little understanding of the general practices that occur. If this isn’t the case, they probably have outdated ideas about how the industry is managed.

The impact of Australia’s forestry industry is often minimised, thinking that the economy and average person wouldn’t be affected by the closure of the sector. This couldn’t be farther from the picture as the Australian Government revealed that in 2023, the Australian Forestry Industry employed 73,000 people and contributed $23 billion in economic turnover.

We are a crucial industry that combines ancient and modern practices to harvest each log.

These are just a few of the practices we use to produce high quality products:
- Integrating cattle as an effective way to managed understory and weed growth.
- Controlled burns which kills weeds and understory so that future wildfires don’t intensify on our properties.
- Thinning which is the process of removing a few small logs from a plantation to give the remaining trees necessary space to grow.
- Pruning in plantations is the process of removing the branches to promote straight growth in the tree, which in turn ensures a high value product.
- Habitat trees are legally required in native forests and plantations for animals.

Without a heathy forest, the industry wouldn’t survive. Only Foresters know how to truely look after our land for future generations.

AGSTA aim to be as transparent as possible about the entire process from seedling to product. Watch our video below to see a slice of what it is like to work in the forestry industry in the 21st century: