We manage your harvest from the first assessment to the final payment, and sell your logs to the markets that pay best for them.
Harvesting is when years of growth turn into a return. Decisions on timing, roading, log-making and sales make the biggest difference to what you receive.
ForestryCo manages the whole process for you. We plan the harvest, engage and supervise experienced crews, manage health, safety and environmental compliance, and sell your logs to the buyers that pay best for them, with clear reporting at every stage.
Good planning protects your return and your land. We design roading and skid sites to suit the terrain, prepare harvest plans and consents, and select crews with the right equipment and track record for your block.
How a tree is cut into logs, and who those logs are sold to, has a big effect on your return. We cut to the specifications that earn the most, sell each grade to the domestic mills and export markets that pay best for it, and track every load from skid site to buyer.
“During the last two years, our company has been working with ForestryCo and we have found they will go out of their way to help and are incredibly transparent about their capabilities.”
Choose the approach that suits your appetite for risk. We’ll talk you through both, with figures for your forest, before you decide.
We run the harvest and sell your logs on your behalf.
We buy your standing trees at a price agreed before harvest.
Follows the log market at the time of sale.
Fixed in advance.
Carried by you as the owner.
Carried by ForestryCo.
Paid from log sales and itemised in your statements.
Included in the agreed price.
Load-by-load sales and cost statements.
Agreed price and payment schedule.
Want the full market upside and complete visibility.
Want certainty and a simple, fixed outcome.
Not sure which suits you? We’ll compare both for your forest as part of your assessment.
Six stages, each with a clear owner and clear reporting back to you.
We walk your forest, measure the crop and talk through your goals and timing.
We estimate log volumes and value, and set out your options for selling.
We prepare the harvest plan, roading design, and the consents and notices required under the NES-CF.
Experienced crews harvest to plan, with health, safety and environmental performance monitored on site.
Logs are cut to grade, sold, transported and reconciled load by load.
We help you decide what comes next: replanting, carbon forestry or another use for the land.
“When you have hundreds of thousands at stake, you need to have trust. They know their stuff, and what more could you ask.”
Radiata pine is usually harvested at around 25 to 30 years, but the right time depends on tree size and quality, log prices, access and your own plans. A forest assessment gives you a clear view before you commit.
Value depends on the volume and grade of logs, harvesting and roading costs, distance to market and log prices at the time of sale. We provide a pre-harvest valuation so you can make an informed decision.
In a managed harvest you keep ownership of the logs and receive the market return after costs. With a guaranteed price, we buy the standing trees for an agreed sum before harvest and take on the market and operational risk.
We manage health and safety across every harvest we run, and contractors are selected and monitored against our standards. ForestryCo holds SiteWise Gold 2026 and is Tōtika prequalified.
We’ll talk through your options, which may include replanting, establishing a carbon forest or returning the land to another use, and we can manage replanting for you.
Tell us a little about your land and trees. A ForestryCo forest manager will be in touch to arrange a visit.
Prefer to talk? Call 0800 77 77 50 or email info@forestryco.nz.
If it’s urgent, call us on 0800 77 77 50.
