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New Zealand Tree Grower, November 2021
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President's Comment (Access: unrestricted)
Graham West
Since the August issue of Tree Grower, activity within the Executive and various Forest Growers Levy sub-committees, along with the Action Groups, has continued with considerable intensity. Much of this has been… -
Producing posts and veneer from durable eucalypt timber (Access: NZFFA membership)
Clemens Altaner and Harriet Palmer
Producing a naturally durable timber alternative to treated radiata pine, and a high-stiffness component for engineered wood products, have been driving forces behind the New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative. Wood quality research… -
The Forest Growers Levy and the small-scale forester (Access: unrestricted)
Don Carson and Bart Challis
Up to 40 per cent of the current national forest harvest of 34 million tonnes is from small-scale woodlots. There are an estimated 300, 000 hectares of production forests on farmland. Of these,… -
The big change: What the new Emissions Trading Scheme means for land owners (Access: NZFFA membership)
Mathilde Batelier-Belton and Ollie Batelier-Belton
You might have heard that the Emissions Trading Scheme is currently going through a big revamp. Officials and stakeholders have been working for years on how to reform it, mainly… -
Abies - An update on the Low-down (Access: NZFFA membership)
Howard Moore
Back in August 2011 Charlie Low wrote a comprehensive article in the Tree Grower about northern hemisphere firs. Reading it I was reminded of the child who when asked for… -
A short guide to grand fir - Abies grandis (Access: NZFFA membership)
NZFFA
You are probably aware of the species guides we prepared for helping new growers understand which tree species would probably do well on which sites. We produced 23 of them… -
When to plant radiata pine and why (Access: NZFFA membership)
Donald Mead and Rowland Burdon
Radiata pine has been planted in New Zealand for over 150 years, and extensively for the last 100 years. Today New Zealand has about 1.5 million hectares of radiata pine,… -
Safety as farm foresters (Access: NZFFA membership)
Julian Bateson
In past issues of the Tree Grower I have emphasised that over the past three years or so, safety in forestry has gradually improved with the number and rate of… -
Is the harvesting company doing an honest job? (Access: NZFFA membership)
Ian Smith
This article is written as a guide in response to the article ‘Retirement nest-egg hopes dashed as forest harvest leaves costly mess’ published in June on the Stuff website. A… -
Evaluation of five cypress clones at Silverwood (Access: NZFFA membership)
Dave Askin and Mike Davies
Silverwood’s cypress evaluation is becoming a valuable comparison of five lines of cypress, thanks to the support from the Neil Barr Farm Forestry Foundation who recently funded a second round… -
Alternative harvesting systems (Access: NZFFA membership)
Roger May
Small-scale low impact forest harvesting is rare in New Zealand. Mainstream industry is almost entirely based on a clear-cutting regime. Clear-cutting is common because it is the most economical harvesting… -
Greener than Shrek: He Waka Eke Noa (Access: NZFFA membership)
Howard Moore
In the August Tree Grower I voiced my confusion about He Waka Eke Noa. This is the parallel Emissions Trading Scheme specific to agriculture which aims to equip farmers with… -
The future of poplar timber (Access: NZFFA membership)
Poplar and Willow Research Trust
Poplars can be seen across New Zealand’s rural landscape, especially when their autumn colours turn the hillsides yellow and orange, or when their green leaves are stark against the dry… -
Poplar and MacBlack (Access: NZFFA membership)
Poplar and MacBlack Poplar timber is growing in popularity for a wide range of uses, including panelling and joinery, and boat building. It is attractive with very little smell once… -
What is yellow and hairy and eats poplar leaves? (Access: NZFFA membership)
Toni Withers
A new threat to poplars has arrived. The hairy poplar sawfly was first spotted in Dunedin in 2019 after one larva accidentally found itself caught on the sticky base of… -
Breeding oaks for the future (Access: NZFFA membership)
Eric Cairns
Oaks were widely planted by British and European settlers in mid-1800s. They were experimented with by the early Forest Service at Hanmer, but were generally abandoned in favour of softwoods.…
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