Amongst the busy world of emails, updates, press releases and alerts, there is quality industry news which helps keeps us informed on trends, events, opinions and thought leadership.
We’ve run through the best sources of information within the industry so you’re able to stay up to date without it eating into your valuable time.
1: Tree Frog Forestry News
Type: E-mail Newsletter
Frequency: Daily
Country: Canada, US
Overview: Daily articles on industry news sent to your inbox. Includes macroeconomics and wider industry views from various unbiased press releases. Articles are also available on their website: https://treefrogcreative.ca/news/
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://treefrogcreative.ca/news/subscribe/
2: ForestNET
Type: Magazine publishers – TimberWest & Sawmilling Journal
Frequency: Weekly
Country: North America
Overview: Logging stories, product reviews and news from the loggers on the ground. Covers a range of external impacts on the industry from technology, regulation and environmental aspects.
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://forestnet.com/
3: Canadian Forest Industries
Type: Various media including newsletters, website articles and rich media
Frequency: Daily
Country: Canada
Overview: CFI covers wider industry, policy and market news including the timber and milling sectors across the Canadian market. Wood Business also has a CFI podcast available to listen to, videos, webinars and an E-newsletter.
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://www.woodbusiness.ca/
4: Forest Economic Advisors LLC
Type: Wood market news
Frequency: Daily
Country: Covers United States of America, Canada, and NZ
Overview: Forest Economic Advisers covers all the latest news and findings from research impacting the economics of the forestry industry. Their website extensively covers a range of publications, data research and studies linked to the industry.
Cost: Free e-newsletter – (paid publications)
Where to sign up: https://getfea.com/news
5: Spar Tree Group - A View from the stump
Type: High-level forestry news
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Country: Canada
Overview: Timely and thoughtful analysis, editorial views, as well as B.C forest industry information conveniently summarized all in one document, published a minimum of 6x per year. Contents include analysis, industry metrics, fundamental changes and forecasts.
Cost: $500 CAN / Annual
Where to sign up: https://www.spartreegroup.com/view-from-the-stump
6: Timber and Forestry News
Type: Timber and forestry sector news
Frequency: Weekly
Country: Australia
Overview: Timber and Forestry eNews is a weekly online magazine dedicated to the Timber and Forestry Industries. Known for informative and up-to-date industry news read by timber merchants, sawmillers, wood processors, foresters, members of national and state organisations and associations, builders, specifiers and selected architects.
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://www.timberandforestryenews.com/
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7: Falcon Forestry Equipment e-news
Type: FFE news
Frequency: As-it-happens
Country: New Zealand, USA, Canada, Chile
Overview: FFE updates are delivered to your inbox on an as-it happens basis. We send out up to date and relevant information including industry news, new product releases, data and trend reports and guides to help forestry crews, harvest managers and forestry sector workers an transition to a safer, more productive industry.
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://www.falconforestryequipment.com/#enews
8: Safetree
Type: Forestry-specific health and safety news
Frequency: Weekly
Country: New Zealand
Overview: Safetree provides programmes and resources to help people run safe and successful forestry operations. Safetree is run by the Forest Industry Safety Council (FISC), a pan-industry body set up to lead harm prevention efforts in forestry. FISC includes representatives of forest owners, forest managers, contractors, farm foresters, ACC, WorkSafe, unions and workers.
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://safetree.nz/news/
9: WoodWeek
Type: Forest news
Frequency: Weekly
Country: New Zealand and Australia
Overview: WoodWeek is a leading weekly electronic newsletter that goes out to New Zealand and Australian forestry contractors, forest managers and forest owners. Every week WoodWeek provides a timely, stimulating and succinct summary of stories, local and international, on key issues and technical developments that are important to our readers
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://www.woodweek.com/
10: Friday Offcuts
Type: Wood orientated news
Frequency: Weekly
Country: New Zealand and Australia
Overview: Forestry news, forestry equipment, forestry tenders and forestry technology. Friday Offcuts is the leading weekly electronic newsletter read by Australasian forest products companies. Since its launch in 2003, Friday Offcuts has become the most widely read, used and distributed e-newsletter in the Australasian forest products sector.
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://www.fridayoffcuts.com/
11: Forest Talk
Type: NZ Forestry news
Frequency: Monthly
Country: New Zealand
Overview: Logging and forestry news specific to the New Zealand market from industry sources and contacts. Forest Talk covers all levels from thought leadership pieces, media and press releases, local trends and developments. Forest Talk is also complimented by the NZ Logger Magazine which is a monthly magazine distributed across New Zealand.
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://nzlogger.co.nz/forest-talk-news?page=2&prop_ModuleId=614
12: Laurie Forestry
Type: New Zealand and International market commentary
Frequency: Monthly
Country: New Zealand
Overview: Allan Laurie of Laurie Forestry writes monthly commentary on the market which keeps readers up to date with forestry developments both across the country and the globe. Allen provides a unite perspective and also investigates new products and services.
Cost: Free
Where to sign up: https://www.laurieforestry.co.nz/Monthly-Newsletter
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