Landholder Benefits

No.

At  a potential saving of $110/ac  off the local contractor rate - clearing 1,000 ha of INS could save you $275,000!

If you do the INS clearing with your own equipment - to our standards -we can subsidise those costs

You also get the benefit of increased productivity and land values.

You will have your INS removed at a greatly reduced cost than current costs.

This reduction will vary depending on the density and type of your INS i.e. the higher tonnage per hectare the less per tonne it costs us to remove it. 

We pay for the upfront costs of our staff costs to develop applications for the approvals process

However, we do sign an agreement with you and if you want to pull out we do expect to recover costs we have incurred on your behalf. This is all outlined in the agreement.

There are two main parts of the legal agreement we have with you.

Firstly, to recover costs we incur on your behalf if you wish to pull out before the agreement is completed. These costs can be vegetation survey costs, staff costs etc. They are fixed costs listed in the agreement so you know exactly what they are, there are no hidden surprises.

Secondly, once we have committed our resources and started harvesting the agreement is to guarantee we can complete the harvesting of the INS as per the approvals. 

1. Our aim is to be responsible, respect your property and landscape, after all, it is your home.
2. We outline our process, codes of conduct, environmental protections and harvesting methods in our agreements. If we do not adhere to these you have a valid reason to end the agreement without penalty.
3. We are bound by Government approvals and legislation and frankly our operation is too big for us to risk everything by behaving badly.
4. We have a dedicated Harvesting Manager who is there to see everything runs smoothly and you are happy

We expect to be harvesting on approximately 3 - 8  properties at a time.  Each of those properties will be harvested over a minimum of 2 years.

There are approximately 120 properties in the draw area of 75km radius of Cobar so it is going to take us time to get to each property. Sorry, we can only do so much.

To maximise the return from such a low value resource we need to harvest in a range of areas to obtain a specific mix of INS species for the value added products.

Unfortunately, if your property has a dominance of INS species we already have in abundance, it may take longer to get to you.

We can be more definite in the application process. Please talk to us.

Yes.

As long as your harvesting is undertaken with all of the correct Government approvals we will buy your INS you deliver to us.

Talk to us first so you know exactly what to bring on the truck so we will go over this with you once operational. 

Hey wait on!  Are you forgetting we are saving you up to $110 per acre for chaining and stick raking, increasing your land value up to 300% and income gross margins increase up to 290% ?

The economics of harvesting a low value biomass spread over such a large area are fragile. The value of INS as a feedstock for electricity alone is too low  to justify harvesting and transport.

It is only by economies of scale, by investing $millions and spending large amounts of time and money to develop higher value products can a profit be made. There are many unknowns and much research to be done.

We'd like to see the complainers have the balls to do it themselves!