Low planting rate leads to prompting by the Department
It has been ascertained that over 450 landowners haven’t yet used their forestry licences. These farmers have been issued with a letter from the Department of Agriculture asking them to detail the reason for the lack of planting. In a separate missive to forestry advisors, the Department says the conversion rate from licensing to planting is low. “This low conversion rate means that a disproportionate amount of processing effort both…