Volendam Cooperative: 25 years betting on forestry production

Published 2025년 10월 1일

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The Volendam Cooperative began its forestry activities in the year 2001, later growing with the incorporation of technology, genetics, and a productive system, such as silvopastoral, which adapted to the traditional activities of the area; today it has a surface area of forest plantations of 1500 hectares, in addition to an impregnating plant and a carpentry shop, which adds value to the raw material, highlighted in Nación Productiva by Agricultural Engineer Norbert Weichselberger, coordinator of the Technical Assistance Service of the entity, during the prelude to the V Forestry Technical Day, which will take place on October 8, in the Auditorium Hall of the institution.

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The Volendam Cooperative began its forestry activities in 2001, being one of the first cooperatives along with Colonias Unidas to venture into the sector, without much experience or technology, motivated mainly by environmental concerns rather than economic returns, explained Norbert Weichselberger in the Sunday agroclassic, which had as its main topic "Forest Flight: the awakening of a giant," an occasion in which the development of the V Volendam Technical Day was addressed, which will take place on October 8 and will bring together the entire value chain of wood in this productive region of the country. In 2010, with the appearance of eucalyptus clones and the technology available to the producer, the economic focus emerged. From then on, a production system adaptable to the activities of the cooperative's producers was sought, where in 2015 the silvopastoral model was introduced. "That idea we brought from Misiones, Argentina, where there are many systems and people are also ...

Source: Productivacm