News What the 2021-22 Tasmanian Budget means for forestry 27 August 2021 A glance at the 2021-22 State Budget shows investment in forestry including areas of training, supply and business incentives.
News Why trees are integral to Gunningham Farm's future 20 August 2021 The integration of trees and encouraging biodiversity makes perfect sense to the owners of this North-West dairy farm.
News Check out the Tasmanian nursery that's helping grow the future for farmers 30 July 2021 Tasmanian farmers and landowners are steadily seeing the benefits of having trees on their farms and property. From increasing farm productivity to improving water efficiency and water quality to growing high value timber products that are…
News Tree Alliance expert Q&A series: Hear from Climate Friendly's Zoe Ryan 23 June 2021 Private landowners in Tasmania have expressed a strong interest in using trees to reduce climate impacts by sequestering more carbon. Coincidentally, this carbon investment will increase the economic return from trees on farms which adds to a…
News Tree Alliance expert Q&A series: Hear from Technical Forest Services' Justin Baily 22 June 2021 With decades of experience working with a range of farm owners, landowners and managers, Technical Forest Services has been a leading provider in forest industry assessment, management, supervision, and contracting needs for Tasmania and beyond.…
News Strategic alliance announced to improve agricultural production on marginal farming land 18 May 2021 Midway Tasmania and Climate Friendly, two leading service providers in their respective fields of forestry and carbon project development, have announced a strategic alliance that combines farm forestry with carbon farming.
News Trees: The ultimate renewable according to statistics 24 February 2021 By 2050 the human population is forecast to expand from 7.5 to 9.6 billion people. We will require 70 per cent more food (United Nations), 50 per cent more fuel (International Energy Agency), and 50 per cent more water (Organization for Economic…
News Plantations and social conflict: exploring the differences between small-scale and large-scale plantation forestry 03 December 2020 Commercial afforestation of agricultural land is often associated with social conflict over the perceived environmental, economic and social impacts of the plantations being established.
News Evandale farm maximising productivity and custodianship through trees 03 December 2020 Three generations of tree planting on Logan, a family run farm at Evandale, has delivered increased water efficiency, increased lamb survivability, and enhanced farm aesthetics. After two generations of planting, Clare Peltzer explains why she and…
News The economic benefits of native shelterbelts demonstrated globally 24 November 2020 The protection of existing native vegetation and the planting of shelterbelts may provide a multitude of productivity and biodiversity benefits for farming industries.
News Planting trees helps this Coal River Valley winery maintain its sustainable farming methods 16 November 2020 Anh Nguyen is the owner and operator of Ese Vineyards, a boutique vineyard in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley. While only operating on 6.5 hectares of land, what Nguyen is trying to achieve on her small family farm is a self-supporting system that…
News Tasmanian primary producers, environment and industry to benefit from trees on farms 30 October 2020 A new brand and campaign was launched in October 2020 for Private Forests Tasmania. The Tree Alliance is aimed at raising awareness of farm forestry and the benefits of trees on farms, and to encourage and facilitate farmers to plant commercially…
News Private Forests Tasmania welcomes agriforester Molly Marshall 19 October 2020 Molly Marshall has recently accepted an appointment to the role of agriforester within Private Forests Tasmania.
News Windbreaks and wildlife benefit better understood 16 October 2020 Windbreaks can support wildlife that add beauty and pleasure to our lives.
News The effects of windbreaks on airflow, microclimates and crop yields 15 October 2020 Read Pye Labratory, CSIRO - H A Cleugh's report on the mechanisms by which a porous windbreak modifies airflow, microclimates and hence crop yields are addressed, based upon recent wind tunnel experiments, field observations and numerical modelling.
News Benefits of trees to reduce paddock water loss is considerable: Report 01 October 2020 Agroforestry is the integration of trees into agricultural enterprises.
News Australia's forests and forestry glossary launched 30 September 2020 The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has released 'Australia's forests and forestry glossary', a stand-alone publication, developed from the glossary published in Australia's State of the Forests Report…
News The time to plant trees is now, global timber demand expected to quadruple by 2050 19 August 2020 There is a global shortage of timber, and farmers are the key to delivering the commercially viable resource of the future. In fact, the global demand for timber is expected to quadruple by 2050 (The World Bank, 2016). Within Australia demand is…
