NZ Farm Forestry Association

Alternatives to Pine on your farm - free field days!
Want to grow some trees on your farm but not pines? Come and see some great examples at free field days starting in March.
You can learn about the benefits of planting alternative species.
NZ Farm Forestry members will share their experiences of what grows well and where, success and failure, costs and returns. They are showcasing farm forestry in 20 locations across the country.
Hosted by the NZFFA, with support from Te Uru Rākau – NZ Forest Service, the first 3-hour field days will be held on:
· 14 March Balclutha
· 16 March Greymouth
· 21 March Gisborne
· 21 March Whanganui
· 21 March Paraparaumu
· 23 March Bulls
· 23 March Rangiora
· 23 March Winton
· 24 March Taupō
· 28 March Te Puke
· 28 March Masterton

You can enrol on the website to attend a field day in your area. Everyone is welcome. Tea and coffee will be provided.

NZ Farm Forestry - Events You are welcome to attend events the Farm Forestry Association runs every year around the country. Field trips and the annual Conference are open to everyone, members and non-members alike. If you make a habit of coming along we’d like you to sign up, but otherwise enjoy the day, meet new people a...

A survey on training needs for Small Scale Forest Owners was circulated to NZFFA members in late May 2023. Thank you to those who responded earlier. However, we would like responses from a larger pool of people, especially from those new to planting trees and in the pastoral farming area, so have opened the survey to more responses. If you have already responded in the last few months, please do not respond again. We will still have your replies.
Small Scale Forest Owners are those land owners and managers with fewer than 1,000 hectares of forestry. They include farmers as well as owners of small blocks with woodlots, shelter belts and riparian planting. The survey takes about five minutes to complete. We really encourage you to participate.

By collecting this information, we hope to develop future learning and training options to help you in your tree growing endeavours. Your responses and any associated personal details collected will only be used for the purposes of this survey and will remain confidential. No individual response will be identified in the final analysis.

Please complete this survey below before 31 August 2023.
Any queries please contact Eric Cairns [email protected]

Survey of training & learning needs for small-scale forest owners Purpose of the survey The New Zealand Farm Forestry Association would like to have a better understanding of the training and learning needs of owners of small forests. These are land owners with fewer than 1,000 hectares of forestry. They include farmers as well as owners of small blocks with woodl...

Time to vote for rākau o te tau (tree of the year)!

Rākau o te tau / Tree of the year NZ Aotearoa We want you, Aotearoa, to nominate and vote for the greatest trees in the country. It’s not about the biggest or oldest, it’s about trees that play a part in our lives, our history and our future.

In Otago? We have three workshops there next week about how to integrate trees on farms. They are free, come along and talk to some Farm Foresters!

Register here: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSfwzWFyvBTCqF.../viewform

NZ Farm Forestry - Events You are welcome to attend events the Farm Forestry Association runs every year around the country. Field trips and the annual Conference are open to everyone, members and non-members alike. If you make a habit of coming along we’d like you to sign up, but otherwise enjoy the day, meet new people a...

Free workshop in Invercargill, 22nd of May!

Find out how trees can be integrated into a farming landscape from fellow farm foresters!

Register here: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSfwzWFyvBTCqF.../viewform

NZ Farm Forestry - Events You are welcome to attend events the Farm Forestry Association runs every year around the country. Field trips and the annual Conference are open to everyone, members and non-members alike. If you make a habit of coming along we’d like you to sign up, but otherwise enjoy the day, meet new people a...

Free Workshops - Opportunities from Trees!

If you’re interested in trees, come and hear about the opportunities in growing trees for timber, for protecting your land and for storing carbon.

Learn about the benefits of planting different species and how they help fight climate change, provide shade and shelter, reduce erosion and improve water quality.

Free 3-hour workshops are being held in 18 locations across the country, generally 3-6 pm, on the following dates.

- Amberley Tuesday 9 May
- Greymouth Wednesday 10 May
- Richmond Thursday 11 May
- Invercargill Monday 22 May
- Balclutha Tuesday 23 May
- Oamaru Wednesday 24 May
- Dunedin Thursday 25 May
- Stratford Monday 29 May
- Bulls Tuesday 30 May
- Havelock North Wednesday 31 May
- Gisborne Thursday 1 June
- Huntly Tuesday 6 June
- Te Awamutu Wednesday 7 June
- Whangarei Thursday 8 June
- Kerikeri Friday 9 June
- Levin Monday 12 June
- Martinborough Wednesday 21 June
- Taupo Thursday 22 June

The workshops are being presented by the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association with support from Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service.

If you would like to come to one of these free workshops, or want to know more about them register here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwzWFyvBTCqFGVr4CHFXLjc6_wVvjb_gMGwk4nOafSRi0J4A/viewform

Everyone is welcome.

A few more snaps to wrap up the NZFFA 2023 conference 🌲🌳🌳🌲

And that’s a wrap! ⭐️ The 2023 NZFFA Conference has come to a close.

A few highlights from yesterdays visit to Balmoral and Mount Cook Station. Thanks for having us!

And thanks to everyone who joined our conference! If you’re keen to get involved with the NZFFA in your region, please check out our website!

What a gorgeous day in South Canterbury! ☀️☀️

Perfect weather for visiting Peter and Jane Evans and Andrew and Vicky Steven’s properties as part of the NZFFA Conference! 🌳🌲🌳

Day 2 of the NZFFA conference is underway in Timaru! AGM is in full swing 🙌

Wohoo! Today is the day that the NZFFA conference kicks off in Timaru. 🥳🎉

The local branch committee have been working hard to pull this great event together for a number of months. Thanks so much! 🙏

The NZFFA Conference kicks off tomorrow in Timaru!! 💃🕺

The conference will take attendees to visit some beautiful areas and properties in Sth Canterbury and the Mackenzie Basin over the next five days.

Are you interested in finding out more about what the NZFFA is getting up to in your region? Then please head to our website. Visitors and new members are always most welcome at all events.

NZ Farm Forestry - Branches Regional branches are the lifeblood of the Farm Forestry Association. Branches hold regular field days and events and each branch has their own page where you can find out more.

We are super excited to have Dr Simeon Smaille as part of our line up of speakers at the NZFFA conference, kicking off this week!

He will be sharing insights from recent research into trees, and carbon and methane dynamics. 🌳☁️☀️

Nick Ledgard will be giving conference attendees an overview of the research trial site at Balmoral Station, on day 4 of the conference!

He will delve into the changes in soil nutrient status, and biodiversity at the site.

Allan Laurie is a man who needs little introduction!

We are looking forward to Allan speaking on day 3 of the conference, at Gladwyn. He will be speaking on whether to harvest or not to harvest, the decision-making process.

He will address these key questions:
🌳 Is it too early to harvest, what am I losing in potential yield?
🌳 Should we harvest at all and turn the block into a carbon forest?

Have you got a wetland area on farm?

Then make sure you come along to the NZFFA conference to hear from guest speaker Aslan Wright-Stow, who is a senior Environment Manager at DairyNZ. He will be sharing information on how nutrient loss can be mitigated through wetlands and riparian planting. 🌳🌲🌾

The countdown is on!

ONE WEEK until the NZFFA 2023 conference kicks off in Timaru.

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🌳🌲It's World Wood Day, and we can hardly contain our excitement because the Fieldays Forestry Hub is coming back for 2023!

Under the theme of ‘Wood – our low-carbon future’ again, the Fieldays Forestry Hub will be an exciting space at this year’s Fieldays, giving visitors the chance to experience the many facets of the forestry and wood processing sector, and how the sector has a vital role in mitigating climate change.

Don't forget to check out the link below, where our Fieldays TV roaming reporter, Cheree, visits the Fieldays Forestry Hub and talks to Graham West the National President of the NZ Farm Forestry Association about why they were giving out free trees to young Fieldays visitors.
https://www.fieldays.co.nz/further-afield/fieldays-tv-on-demand?video=vod-2022-kids-grow-a-tree-campaign

The NZFFA are delighted that Clayton Wallwork will be presenting a workshop on day 2 of the conference! He will be delving into how corporate climate responsibility could help pay for indigenous forestry. 🌿

We're stoked to introduce Alex Wilson! Alex works for Te Uru Rakau - New Zealand Forest Service, and will be sharing the Governments vision for forestry in New Zealand, at our upcoming conference! 🌳

And the list of excellent NZFFA conference presenters continues!

Introducing Peter Weir - forestry industry legend. He will be speaking on the National Environmental Standards and the implications and practical effects for farm foresters.

Simon Petrie will be presenting at the NZFFA conference, providing technical details of the ETS! 👉 Make sure you're registered!

https://www.nzffa.org.nz/conference/conference-2023/

Phil Taylor, Managing Director of Port Blakely will be presenting on Day 2 of the NZFFA conference! He will discuss the implications of the ETS for commercial forestry. 🌳🌳

Port Blakely

It isn't too late to register - but get in quick! The NZFFA conference kicks off at the end of the Month.

https://www.nzffa.org.nz/conference/conference-2023/

It is only 1 month until the NZFFA Conference kicks off in Timaru - the theme of this years conference is "The new normal. Opportunity or threat?"

Andrew and Vicky Steven are looking forward to hosting you at their property, 'Gladwyn', on day 3 of the NZFFA conference. Gladwyn is a 400ha sheep, beef, deer and arable property, with 25ha of forestry, West of Timaru.

The visit will include discussions around early versus optimum harvest regimes, the benefits of owning your own saw mill, plus a look around the Steven family arboretum and the new walk way that has been built. It has been a family effort! 🌳🙋

https://www.nzffa.org.nz/conference/conference-2023/

The NZFFA conference will be visiting Peter and Jane Evans beautiful farm, Alpine, on Saturday 1st April. Although run as a traditional beef and sheep farm (1030ha), it has 90 ha of trees, of which 70 ha are registered in the ETS.

To check out the full conference agenda and to register, please head to our website:

https://www.nzffa.org.nz/conference/conference-2023/

Interested in visiting a commercial forest? The NZFFA conference will be visiting Port Blakely, near Geraldine, on the final day of the conference! 🌲🌲🌲