Mr. Gerard Murphy:

Communication is very important. We have introduced in recent years annual partnership meetings where we discuss the crop, where it is, whether it needs thinning and what steps we are planning to take. We are also carrying out a full review. We have just under 700 partners and about 12,000 ha.

It is quite complex. They go back to 1993 so there are about 30 different schemes, all with different elements and principles. We are doing a full review of those partnerships to identify the lessons and build on them into the future. In terms of price, we are also a forest owner and grower, so it is in our interest to get the best possible price for our products at all stages. We share that interest with our partners.