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- Research trial: Late chemical thinning of cypress and Douglas fir on alluvial soils
Dean Satchell, Claire and Terry Gavin ,
January 2020 (Access: unrestricted)
Chemical thinning of trees has some advantages over manual felling. There is less work and time involved, none of the dangers of manual felling operations and the trees die slowly and…
- Hybrid cypress trials Paparoa road, Taumarunui December 2019
Charlie Low and Vaughan Kearns,
December 2019 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
NZFFA Visit to FR532/3, 2014 cypress hybrid blocks, Paparoa road, Taumarunui. A single 81-tree block of each of 30 Scion cypress hybrid clones of which 12 were released to tree…
- Report: Small-scale Grower Harvest costs and returns
Graham West,
June 2019 (Access: unrestricted)
A previous survey of small-scale forest owners (SSFO) interests (reported in May 2017 Tree Grower) clearly showed a strong interest for more information around the harvesting and marketing segment of…
- Vaughan Kearns cypress research trials, Raetihi
Dean Satchell,
May 2019 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
This report documents some clonal selections made at Vaughan Kearns cypress plantation near Raetihi. These photos, selections and measurements were made in May 2019. The trees were planted winter 2014. dkh…
- Specialty Wood Products partnership cypress sawmilling research - methods, background and objectives
Dean Satchell,
April 2019 (Access: NZFFA membership)
6 Ovensii and 8 GH5 twenty-year old unpruned trees were felled at Rotoehu historical cypress trial, providing up to three 6.1m logs per tree. Slabs produced from woodmizer horizontal bandsaw…
- Report: methods and sample preparation for mechanical testing of durable eucalypts
Dean Satchell,
March 2019 (Access: SWP technical committee,Eucalypt)
Six durable eucalypt species were tested for strength and stiffness according to radial and vertical position in the tree. Sixteen year old trees from Northland were harvested, sawn, dried, and…
- Report: An alternative to clear-felling radiata pine
Mark Bloomberg, Eric Cairns, Denny Du, Harriet Palmer and Chris Perry,
February 2019 (Access: unrestricted)
Background to the project Members of the project team all have a long-held interest in continuous cover forestry systems. In 2018 we obtained funding from the MPI Sustainable Farming Fund…
- New eucalypt pests and diseases: what is the risk and how should we respond?
Ian Hood & Lindsay Bulman, Scion,
December 2018 (Access: unrestricted)
Eucalypts have been grown in plantations in New Zealand since the late 1800s. Throughout this period they have been subject to incursions of exotic insect pests and fungal pathogens. A…
- Risk analysis for cypress species relevant to forestry to inform biosecurity response
Lindsay Bulman & Ian Hood, Scion,
October 2018 (Access: unrestricted)
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has to make decisions on whether to attempt eradication of new cypress pests based on incomplete information. Under GIA Deed partnership the forest industry…
- Report: Trees for steep slopes
Dean Satchell,
July 2018 (Access: unrestricted)
The Joint NZ Farm Forestry Association/Forest Owners Association (NZFFA/FOA) Environment committee commissioned this report to consider and explore species and management options that might minimise soil erosion in highly erodible…
- Angus Gordon's Cypress trial at Taihape
Angus Gordon and Dean Satchell,
December 2017 (Access: unrestricted)
"This trial was set up to experiment with a range of species and provenances to test performance for the site characteristics that exist here, with the range of genetic material…
- Strategic Planning Workshop on Cypress Development 27th October 2017
Patrick Milne,
November 2017 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
The growing, management and use of cypresses and their wood is well supported by the NZ Farm Forestry Association and its Cypress Action Group (CAG) on behalf of the small…
- Towards Commercialising Cypress as a High-Value Plantation Forest Species
Dean Satchell,
March 2017 (Access: unrestricted)
Clonal cypress trials were established by the Forest Research Institute (now Scion) between 1994 and 1998 across a range of different regions and locations in New Zealand. Clonal cypress forestry…
- Report: Pathways to Building Code compliance for farm-totara timber
Dean Satchell,
June 2016 (Access: unrestricted)
Potential markets for farm-totara timber would be significantly improved by providing compliance pathways under New Zealand’s performance-based Building Code. A range of products and applications hold the promise of market…
- Report: Methods for preparing timber for durable eucalypt graveyard and cellar trial
Dean Satchell,
April 2016 (Access: unrestricted)
This report describes the methods used to prepare heartwood samples from six durable eucalypt species for durability testing. The species were E. bosistoana, E. quadrangulata, E. pilularis, E. sphaerocarpa, E.…
- Report: Eucalyptus nitens for solid timber
Dean Satchell,
May 2015 (Access: unrestricted)
Eucalyptus nitens is a cold hardy and fast growing hardwood timber species with excellent form. In Canterbury, along with other cooler regions in New Zealand, E. nitens produces high volumes…
- Macrocarpa- Faulkner's strain, Gisborne
Rodney Faulkner,
May 2014 (Access: unrestricted)
In 1905 My grandfather A.J. Faulkner took up land south of Gisborne. There was little in the way of native bush on these hills and he could see that there…
- Report: Improving siting recommendations for farm forestry eucalypts using GIS maps
Angus Gordon,
October 2013 (Access: unrestricted)
This project set out to collect growth and performance data on 16 Eucalyptus species that had been planted in trial sites across New Zealand under a previous SFF funded project…
- Sawmilling of Himalayan cypress (Cupressus cashmeriana) in Northland
Dean Satchell,
September 2010 (Access: unrestricted)
I am not aware of any work on wood properties or sawmilling of this species in New Zealand. This despite reasonable quantities of C. torulosa timber coming into Canterbury with…
- Report: Solid timber recovery and economics of short-rotation small-diameter eucalypt
Dean Satchell and James Turner,
June 2010 (Access: unrestricted)
Eucalypt plantation forestry has not reached the production volume threshold necessary to establish specialised processing facilities and firm markets in New Zealand, despite strong consumer demand for imported hardwood timber.…
- Report: Why should industry invest in cypresses? A contract prepared for the Cypress Development Group with the assistance of FIDA
Jacqui Aimers,
January 2008 (Access: unrestricted)
The aim of this report is to give industry a status report on cypress forestry, including current knowledge and knowledge gaps, and present a business case for investment in cypress…
- Report: Eucalypt timber species evaluation
Angus Gordon,
July 2007 (Access: unrestricted)
This project set out to test the survival and subsequent growth of a group of eucalypt species that have the potential for the production of naturally durable solid timber. The…
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