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New Zealand Tree Grower, February 2023
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President's Comment (Access: unrestricted)
Graham West
Hello everyone, I hope this finds you in excellent health and well rested after the Christmas and New Year break. Activities by the Executive and others have maintained momentum in… -
Mystery Creek Fieldays (Access: NZFFA membership)
Vaughan Kearns
Mystery Creek Agricultural Fieldays took place at the end of November and the beginning of December 2022. The problems with covid earlier in the year caused postponement from its normal… -
An introduction to cypress (Access: NZFFA membership)
NZFFA
Copies of the leaflets produced for use at the Mystery Creek field days are available as printed copies for anyone who thinks they may be useful. This is the text… -
He Waka Eke Noa How will it work out for farmers? (Access: NZFFA membership)
Neil Cullen
The editor asked me to outline what steps I had taken as a sheep and beef farmer to prepare for the impending payment of levies for on-farm greenhouse gas emissions… -
Emissions pricing and agriculture (Access: NZFFA membership)
Jamie McFadden
The article on emissions pricing and He Waka Eke Noa by Howard Moore in the November 2022 Tree Grower does not, in my opinion, provide an understanding of the detrimental… -
Shut up and paddle It is He Waka Eke Noa (Access: NZFFA membership)
Howard Moore
It is hot outside and I feel for the animals. Sheep wear wool, hens wear feathers and cattle wear leather coats for goodness’ sake. Whose idea was that? In summer… -
Spotlight on farm foresters in South Canterbury (Access: NZFFA membership)
South Canterbury Committee
Timaru conference 30 March to 3 April With the South Canterbury branch hosting the conference in Timaru, we thought we might introduce you to some of the members on the… -
In the wake of the Council (Access: NZFFA membership)
Howard Moore
In November we had our planned Council meeting upstairs in the Miramar Golf Club, defying covid and climate change. This article offers you a short summary of what was covered.… -
A versatile traction-assist option for small-scale harvesting on steep slopes (Access: unrestricted)
Jack Palmer and John Schrider
Large-scale harvesting operations now routinely use winch-assist or traction-assist systems to increase productivity and safety on steep slopes. The costs associated with incorporating specialist machinery such as these winch-assist or… -
The Emissions Trading Scheme in 2023 An outlook (Access: NZFFA membership)
Mathilde and Ollie Batelier-Belton
This article is the sixth of a series about the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. The year 2023 promises to be yet another year full of changes and uncertainties. As… -
Getting alternative species approved for building construction (Access: NZFFA membership)
Since late 2004, timber has had to be tested for use in building houses and other structures such as walkways, wooden bridges and commercial buildings requiring timber framing. This testing… -
Encouraging investment in the cypress industry (Access: NZFFA membership)
Vaughan Kearns
Last year, the Cypress Development Group, via the Specialty Wood Products Partnership, launched the NZ Cypress Strategy 2022-2042. It had minimal fanfare because covid was hogging the headlines and I… -
Managing research and development funded by the Forest Growers Levy (Access: unrestricted)
Paul Adams and Harriet Palmer
Forest Growers Research is the forest industry owned company which manages research funded by the Forest Growers Levy. In 2022 a new precision silviculture programme joined the major research partnerships.… -
Safety is having the right attitude (Access: NZFFA membership)
Julian Bateson
I have often wondered why I care about safety and so many others do not. Partly I thought it was due to innate selfishness. Partly it is also because I… -
A guide to poplars (Access: NZFFA membership)
This is another of the species guides prepared to help new growers understand which ones would probably do well on which sites. A fuller version of this guide for poplars… -
Why plant trees Do we really need them? (Access: NZFFA membership)
Julian Bateson
It is the beginning of the year, or relatively close to the beginning, and so is a good a time as any to think about planting trees. On the other…
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