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Central Canterbury Branch Field Day - Sleemans road
Saturday 27 July 10.30 am
Tom Abbots family purchased the property in 1957 to add to property already owned on the upper terrace. Currently the 91 ha farm is a dairy unit run by Toms daughter Rachel and husband Ruurd Lieuwes.
Rachel has agreed to show us some of the shelter trees on the property, including; Cedrus deodara, Cupressus X leylandii (var Ferndown), Alnus incana, Eucalyptus cordata as well as a range of native species including ancient Kowhai.
Bring lunch and a picnic chair. Shelter is available if the weather is a problem.
Following the visit we will stop at nearby Silverwood to consider what work needs to be done, including how to control Chilean Mayten suckers which have some back with increased vigour.
Directions.
Turn left 2.8 km west of Silverwood into Sleemans road (not Rakaia Terrace road). Drive south towards the Rakaia river for 4.1 km. Turn left at T junction. After 500 metres veer left instead of going down the terrace to the Central plains canal. Meet at shed just past the house.
The Harvested Wood Material Levy Vote 2024. How it affects you as a forest owner.
Forest Growers Levy Trust: Webinar series
You are invited to join the Forest Growers Levy Trust for a series of webinars on the Levy Vote 2024 starting on Wednesday 3 July 2024.
The Harvested Wood Material Levy is paid by every plantation forest owner in New Zealand when their trees are harvested.
Money raised by the levy is used to support work for the collective benefit of the industry. The levy supports research and development work, health and safety initiatives, biosecurity protection, forestry advocacy and promotion and a host of other work programs to help support forest growers and New Zealand forestry.
At present every tonne of wood harvested from a plantation forest is levied at 33c per tonne. The levy is collected at the port or sawmill and the funds and work program are managed by the Forest Growers Levy Trust (FGLT). It is proposed that the levy rate be potentially increased in the next 6-year levy term to support a larger work program and do more to invest in the future of NZ forestry and meet the new challenges facing the industry.
The industry is required by legislation to vote every 6 years to decide whether to continue with the levy and at what rate. The vote will be held from October 1 – 31st this year.
Over the past two months the Forest Growers Levy Trust (FGLT) have completed a series of regional roadshows around the country on the Levy Vote 2024. These consultation sessions are an opportunity for all potential levy payers to have their say into what happens with the levy and learn more about the referendum process.
We have been speaking to forest owners like yourselves to get feedback on the levy and discuss potential changes heading into the next 6-year period.
In person meetings are not always convenient for forest owners, and so we are now running a series of webinars to make sure every potential levy payer can have their say and vote in the October referendum. We would like to you to come along and be involved.
Levy Vote 2024 Webinar program:
- Wednesday 24 July | 3pm - 5pm: Small-scale growers' webinar
- Wednesday 31 July | 3pm - 5pm: Research and development webinar
Please choose the webinar that suits your schedule and click on the relevant link above. No RSVP is required.
Zoom links for each webinar will also be posted on the FGLT Levy Vote 2024 website .
We hope you can join us. It’s your levy, so make sure you have your say.
You can learn more about the levy in this brochure FGLT Have your say or by visiting the FGLT Levy Vote 2024 website for more information.
We look forward to seeing you at the webinar series.
Gisborne East Coast branch Field Day - Tarewa
Sunday 15 September 2024 - Save the date
Brian Gibson’s Wharerata block called Tarewa.
The Wharerata block was planted eight years ago in pine and various eucalyptus species. The Eucalyptus have been pruned to 6.5 metres and the pines to 6.5 metres. This should be an interesting field day to look at a block at the end of its pruning period. There will be no more pruning lifts. I’m not sure if it still needs thinning but Brian can elaborate on that and other management practices and the recovery since the last harvest by PF Olsen Ltd.
Details to be provided closer to the date.
Gisborne East Coast branch Field Day - Whangara Farms
Wednesday 30 October 2024 - Save the date
440 ha of coastal land that has been closed hoping for it to revert into native vegetation. They recently obtained a dispensation from MPI to spray and graze this land as gorse and long grass were inhibiting native regrowth. The owners of Whangara Farms wish to slow or stop future erosion with native planting.
Details to be provided closer to the date.
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