"You don't set out planting trees without positivity in the first place, you've got to get yourself wet and dirty,"Mr North said.
"The prices that you can get for high-value sawlogs these days is not just a reflection of supply, but also the demand for high-value logs,"Mr North said.
"We fell in love with tree farming and realised down the track that we have plenty of benefits,"he said.
"There has definitely been an impact, mills are struggling to find large logs, but some is trickling through,"she said.
"There are people who are desperate, they would pay good money for those [domestic] logs,"he said.
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