4.8. Quality control: standardisation and
certification of pruning
Pruning is a value adding activity. For growers to
realise this added value, processors must pay a premium
for pruned logs and therefore need to be able to
produce a higher proportion of high-grade product.
This requires certainty and consistency of the supply
and quality of logs. Standardisation and certification
of pruning will play an important role in ensuring
processors are able to realise the greater value of the
pruned crop. This is particularly important to smaller
growers who will be selling small wood volumes onto
the market.