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- Report: Kawa poplar timber - properties and market opportunities
Dean Satchell, Northland Regional Council,
February 2023 (Access: unrestricted)
Poplar remains a core soil conservation species in New Zealand because of its site adaptability and fast growth, along with its ability to take root on site from poles, stakes and wands. A…
- Improving the efficiency of planting poplar wands
Dean Satchell, Northland Regional Council,
January 2023 (Access: unrestricted)
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to the MPI Hill Country Erosion Programme for supporting Northland Regional Council to achieve improved soil conservation outcomes and build our technical capacity. Introduction The objective of this research…
- Growing containerised poplar nursery stock - first year results
Dean Satchell, Northland Regional Council,
January 2023 (Access: unrestricted)
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to the MPI Hill Country Erosion Programme for supporting Northland Regional Council to achieve improved soil conservation outcomes and build our technical capacity. Introduction Poplar cuttings can be…
- 2020 Re-Measurement of Regenerating Farm Tōtara Permanent Sample Plots
Mark Kimberley, Paul Quinlan and Michael Bergin,
November 2022 (Access: unrestricted)
This MPI funded project (TUR_1BT-2020_048) was undertaken by Tāne’s Tree Trust on behalf of the Northland Tōtara Working Group. It involved the remeasurement of the tōtara silviculture trial plots established by the Northland Tōtara…
- 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…
- Small diameter unpruned cypress sawmilling research 2019
Dean Satchell,
April 2019 (Access: unrestricted)
Specialty Wood Products partnership cypress sawmilling research - methods, background and objectives for unpruned small diameter cypress sawmilling study conducted in 2019. 6 Ovensii and 8 GH5 twenty-year old unpruned…
- 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)
In this page: National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry (NES-PF) Erosion mitigation practices Economics Tree species and regimes The Joint NZ Farm Forestry Association/Forest Owners Association (NZFFA/FOA) Environment committee commissioned…
- 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)
In this page: Project Objectives Maps Approach Main findings from this project The difference this project has made Where to from here? This project set out to collect growth and…
- 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)
In this page: Objectives Approach Description of species Outcomes Discussion of results Appendices Financial report This project set out to test the survival and subsequent growth of a group of…
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- Wilding Conifers - A legacy issue that needs continued, collaborative management
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Forest owners welcome the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) acknowledgement that the presence of wilding conifers across New Zealand is largely a legacy issue, but caution against placing costs…
- Stock take of the commercially viable alternatives to Pinus radiata
Tuesday, October 03, 2023
Scion has published a “Stock Take of the Commercially Viable Alternatives to Pinus Radiata” for MPI, which reviews alternative species, their expected growth rates, climatic range, resilience to pests or…
- SNA regulations 'confusing ecological naivety'
Thursday, July 06, 2023
Forest Owners say the just released National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB) is a classic bureaucratic formula of confusing ecological naivety which will not help rare species and likely…
- Primary sector leadership not addressing economics as the real climate change issue
Tuesday, July 04, 2023
The immediate past president of the Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) says the leaders of the primary sector and government are ineffectively tinkering with lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Graham West says the…
- Forest Owners hail ‘Biosecurity Hero’
Monday, May 22, 2023
The Forest Owners Association and Scion want more people to report suspicious imported wood products which might be infested with introduced wood and forest pests. FOA Biosecurity Manager, Brendan Gould,…
- Ministerial inquiry could have widespread implications for Tairawhiti community
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
The New Zealand Institute of Forestry says the just announced Tairawhiti land use inquiry is recommending measures which will stop the very activities which are vital for the region’s recovery.…
- Tairawhiti land use inquiry not addressing wider issues
Sunday, May 14, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the Ministerial Inquiry into landuse in Tarawhiti has a core of practical recommendations, but has not addressed some more difficult and fundamental issues. President, Grant…
- Forest Owners say carbon-only forestry should be kept off productive land
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The Forest Owners Association would like to see production forestry and farming on productive land – rather than this land used for carbon-only forests. It says this should be a…
- Opportunities from Trees Workshops - NZ Wide
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The NZ Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) is running 18 extension workshops in May and June with a target audience of landowners, or people with access to land, who are potential tree…
- Forest Owners back more trees for Tairawhiti
Sunday, April 16, 2023
The Forest Owners Association has told the Ministerial Inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti, that the region’s future has to include more trees for land stability. But it appreciates forest…
- Small scale woodlot owners have their say in Tairawhiti Land use Inquiry
Sunday, April 02, 2023
he outgoing President of the Farm Forestry Association says it has been vital for farm foresters to directly address the Ministerial Inquiry into forestry and other land use in Tairāwhiti.…
- Future forests need to be multifunctional to meet climate change in Tairawhiti
Thursday, March 16, 2023
The Farm Forestry Association says the just convened Ministerial Inquiry, into land-use across Tairāwhiti, needs to look closely at the tree options for shoring up vulnerable farm and former forest land in…
- Hill country farming campaign shows they think climate change is someone else’s problem
Thursday, March 09, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the latest campaign against forestry, led by Beef+Lamb New Zealand and 50 Shades of Green, is climate change responsibility denial, and is dangerous in the…
- Forest Owners says two months too brief to look into the complex land issues in Tairawhiti.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the two month long inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti doesn’t give enough time or depth to find solutions. The Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins has…
- Forest Owners want genetic technology approved
Thursday, February 16, 2023
The Forest Owners Organisation says New Zealand needs to concentrate on the safety of genetic technology on a case-by-case basis rather than persisting with blanket bans. The FOA wants approval…
- Fieldays Forestry Hub to demonstrate that forestry is a solution
Monday, November 28, 2022
A range of solutions to farmers’ current problems will be on display in the Fieldays Forestry Hub near Hamilton between 30 November and 3 December, says Farm Forestry Association president,…
- Innovative uses of forestry and wood products unveiled at Fieldays
Thursday, November 24, 2022
New and innovative uses of forestry and wood products will be on display at 35 stands in the Fieldays Forestry Hub near Hamilton between 30 November and 3 December, including…
- Pine conspiracy needs reality check
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Farm Foresters are saying journalists and commentators need to educate themselves about the reality of plantation forestry. The FFA President, Graham West says ‘Frequent anti-pine rants on Newstalk ZB and…
- Farming’s forestry hysteria
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Beef &Lamb NZ and Federated Farmers media release on recent results of an opinion survey on forestry offset adds to the misuse of information that’s building alarm and public hysteria…
- Foresters ask James Shaw if the government wants more trees or not
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Foresters are saying a suggestion by Climate Change Minister James Shaw to centralise buying carbon credits in central government, and decoupling the Emissions Trading Scheme from forestry, is a message…
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