New assessment service to predict quantity, type, and value of timber

A new service designed to provide an assessment of a forestry plantation and an accurate prediction of the quantities of timber it can produce, including the types of log products and their potential value, has been launched by the Irish Farmers’ Association.

Forest Assessor, which is being offered by the IFA in association with Treemetrics, was demonstrated at Ballyfin, Co Laois, this week and welcomed by Minister of State Tom Hayes.

He noted that there will be an estimated 820,000 hectares of forestry in Ireland by 2020, over 50% of them privately owned.