August 2008

Logging industry signs

accord to improve road safety

Log truck operators and forest owners have today signed an updated Log Transport Safety Accord designed to further improve the safety of all road users.
Since the accord was first signed in 2001 there has been a 65% reduction in log truck crashes, and a 75% reduction in rollover crashes, during a time of rapid growth in the logging industry.

Board for Fast Forward named
Seven outstanding people have been appointed to the New Zealand Fast Forward board, Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton said today.

Solid growth in primary industry expected
Farmers will not be surprised by a forecast released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry today, says president of Federated Farmers Don Nicolson. MAF is forecasting solid growth for the primary sector over the next five years.