Farm Forestry New Zealand

Trees on Farms videos featuring cypress

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• Les Carr, Mangamuka, Northland branch
  Les Carr describes some of the successes and pitfalls involved with forestry in his mixed drystock and 90-hectare forestry operation near Mangamuka, Northland, including a joint venture with members of…
• Benjamin Lee, Reporoa, Taupo branch
  Second generation dairy farmer with trees on this exposed plateau farm planted for shelter, shade, soil conservation and timber. A wide range of species are grown in the steeper parts…
• Victor Clark, Reporoa, Taupo branch
  Victor farms deer, sheep and cattle on this steep property. Poplars provide cover in grazing areas and reduce stress, and improve management overall for the deer in particular; large areas…
• David and Chloe Blackley and Gabrielle Walton; Summerhill, Bay of Plenty branch
  This award-winning drystock property combines plantation forestry with amenity and conservation plantings and public recreation. Species include radiata pine, kauri, cypresses, blackwoods, eucalypts and poplar (to control soil erosion). Gabrielle…
• Bob Wishart and Meg Gaddum, Te Kawawa, Gisborne branch
  Bob Wishart and Meg Gaddum, Te Kawawa, Gisborne branch. No posts yetAdd a post
• Grace and Ray Newman, Gisborne branch
  Ray Newman talks about his approach to growing trees on his highly erodible 600-hectare east coast sheep and beef farm, or which 100 ha has been planted in trees. Species…
• Alec Olsen, Valhalla, Hawkes Bay branch
  Trees play a big part on Alec's 300-hectare drystock rolling hill country property. Alec describes how his plantings bring multiple benefits including erosion control, shade, shelter, water quality, biodiversity, aesthetics…
• Steve Wyn Harris, Marlow Hill, Hawkes Bay branch
  A 350-hectare drystock property with 34 hectares in forestry. Trees are mainly pine; also eucalypts, cypresses and a range of nut trees. Planting has been on steeper parts of farm…
• Don Tantrum, Rangiwai, nr Taihape, Middle Districts branch
  Don Tantrum's plantings comprise a wide range of alternative species, grown for multiple benefits. Species include black walnut, blackwoods, cypresses and eucalypts. Don has also harvested and milled many species…
• Denis Hocking, Rangitoto Farm, Bulls, Middle Districts branch
  Denis Hocking describes his farm forestry operations on sand country in the Manawatu. Drystock occupy the flats, while trees are grown on the sand dunes.Radiata pine does particularly well on…
• Eric Cairns, Mangaroa Valley, Upper Hutt, Wellington Branch
  Eric Cairns describes his multiple species plantings, managed largely under continuous cover forest principles, on this lifestyle property near Upper Hutt. No posts yetAdd a post
• Bevan Walker, Nelson branch
  Nelson Branch member Bevan Walker shows the house he built from local specialty timbers, his 50 hectares of pine and 20 hectares of other species where he is into his…
• Clare and Terry Gavin, Murchison, Nelson branch
  Claire and Terry Gavin have a specialty timber farm forestry property near Murchison. Species established include cypresses C ovensii and C macrocarpa; also poplar, and redwoods are grown on stoney…
• Chris Dawkins, The Pyramid, Waihopai Valley, Marlborough branch
  This is a 450 ha dryland sheep and cattle property, of which 60 ha is in trees. Timber, shade, shelter, soil conservation and amenity all feature in the objectives. 80%…
• Brent and Caralyn Morrison, Rai Valley, Nelson branch
  Dairy farmers Brent and Caralyn Morrison on their 270 ha dairy farm which includes 50ha forestry and 40 ha native bush. Riparian zones and gullies fenced and planted; species include…
• Warren Smith, Greymouth, West Coast branch
  Warren Smith and wife Marilyn own two farms - a sheep and beef property which has been in the family for many years, plus a newer dairy block. Warren is…
• Jack Davidson, Aharua Valley, Hokitika, West Coast branch
  This small West Coast grazing and forestry block features a wide range of species including radiata pine, cypresses, eucalypts including ground-durable eucalypts, blackwoods, and poplars. Willows and poplar are grown…
• Gary Fleming, Mt Grey Homestead, North Canterbury branch
  Gary Fleming describes his100-hectare property where over 650 species of trees have been planted on the three distinct soil types. Trees are grown for timber, for shelter of the deer…
• Brian Dixon, Little Down, Rangiora, Central Canterbury branch
  Brian Dixon describes this 230-hectare drystock farm where trees were predominantly planted for shelter when large paddocks were sub-divided. Also small blocks of pine were planted on steeper land -…
• Herstal Ullricht, Rock Farm, Cave, South Canterbury branch
  Herstal Ullricht describes how trees work for him on his two drystock farms in a very low rainfall zone. Around 10% of the farm is in forestry; shelter and shade…
• John Prebble, Mount Blue, North Otago Branch
  In the 26 years the Prebbles have farmed at Mt Blue, they have established over 30 ha of mixed-species woodlots and shelter belts. Shelter has improved lamb survival; also pasture…
• Ken Stephens, Balclutha, South Otago branch
  Ken Stephens describes how, as a second-generation farm forester, he has carried on where his father Vic left off. The Stephens are now harvesting continuously so receiving a steady income…
• Neil Cullen, Glen Omaru Valley, Balclutha, South Otago branch
  Neil Cullen describes his award-winning farm which includes sheep and beef enterprises, plantation forestry and native forest. Neil stresses the importance of good planning for successful forestry ventures, particularly thinking…
• Dennis Larsen, Clutha, South Otago branch
  Dennis Larsen describes his large-scale sheep and beef unit in South Otago. trees were originally planted for erosion control, shade and shelter, and then timber production - some 92 hectares…
• Donald Gordon, Crofthead, Milton, South Otago branch
  Forty hectares of trees have been established on this Otago sheep and beef farm. Key species are radiata pine, macrocarpa and Douglas fir. The earliest plantings (planted in 1981) are…
• Michael Anderson, Hokanui, Southland branch
  Michael Anderson has been planting trees for many years on this 490-hectare all-sheep farm. He now has 42 ha of woodlots, plus QE II covenants, shelterbelts and amenity plantings. Plantings…