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Branch member videos
- Les Carr, Mangamuka, Far North branch
Les Carr describes some of the successes and pitfalls involved with forestry in his mixed drystock and 90-hectare forestry operation near Mangamuka, Northland, including a joint venture with members of… - Brian Simms, Kaitaia, Far North branch
Brian Simms' farm near Kaitaia in Northland combines grazing with high value trees. Tree species planted include radiata pine, blackwood and silky oak (Grevillea robusta). Brian plants for erosion control… - Doug Lane, Paitu, Kaeo, Far North branch
On this award-winning property plantings are for timber, aesthetics and to create a pleasant working environment. Trees planted on land that was marginal for stock have made stock management much…
Articles and reports
- 2018 North Island farm forester of the year field day - Dean Satchell
Yvonne Steinemann, October 2018.
Vertically Integrated Forest Operation - Horowai Trust, Purerua Peninsula, Kerikeri High value forest 150 ha, aiming for good quality timber for high end use and a good return Different products, harvest… - Field day - Doug and Janet Bogardus' place and Northland Kauri, 5 June 2019
Yvonne Steinemann and Dean Satchell
Peter Davies-Colley introduced Doug and Janet at their house while it poured down outside. They built their mud brick and timber house themselves, with some beautiful Lawson cypress beams and…
Treegrower articles
- Husqvarna North Island Farm Forester of the Year 2018 - Dean Satchell
May 2018
The winner of the 2018 North Island Farm Forester of theYear award was not born into land, money, horticulture or forestry. In fact, growing up in suburban Auckland would probably have… - Good stewardship of land, water and trees
Brian Simms, February 2011
My parents bought half of the present farm area in 1955 for the princely sum of £2,000. This land comprised a couple of hectares of rough grass, a few hectares… - Far North field day Re-conceptualising weedy scrub
Dean Satchell and Doug Lane, August 2009
This ex-dairy and drystock property was purchased by Paul and Katarina Quinlan in 1996 and had already been occupied as a lifestyle block for 16 years. Being mostly rolling contour, a…
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