Advantages

Advantages for wine- and fruit farmers
  1. High quality stakes last for up to a generation of vines
  2. Stakes remain neutral even with the use of harsh chemicals such as herbicides, insecticides and fertilizers
  3. Excellent qualities for harvesting
  4. No negative influence on the growth of plants
  5. High economic efficiency through optimum price / performance relationship
  6. Easy to handle products during transportation, installation and replacement


Advantages for the environment
  1. Timber – the only renewable raw material
  2. Sustainment of local forests through the use of wood
  3. Harvesting, transportation and treatment of wood uses low levels of energy, compared with other materialsContinuous cycle of CO2 – no contribution to the greenhouse effect
  4. Production of electricity and heat energy through thermal utilization of old wood at the end of its useful life
  5. Stakes blend easily with the landscape - particularly important in areas where tourism is valuable
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