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What the October Federal Budget means for forestry nationwide — News

What the October Federal Budget means for forestry nationwide

26 October 2022

A glance at the 2022 federal budget shows investment in forestry including areas of research, planting incentives, training, hub extension, supply and demand.

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture work placement a success — News

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture work placement a success

06 October 2022

PFT was approached by the Teaching Program of the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture to provide an Agribusiness Placement for a student, Chas Hughes and his registered assistance dog Lip, who was keen on trees on farms and would value the…

Strategic plantings can achieve environmental benefits: Report — News

Strategic plantings can achieve environmental benefits: Report

11 September 2022

Hedgerows and shelterbelts are living windbreaks that can protect and preserve the environment and our cultural history. This article discusses how to do strategic plantings to achieve environmental benefits such as reduced evaporation loss,…

The effect of shelter on temperate crops: review to define research for Australian conditions — News

The effect of shelter on temperate crops: review to define research for Australian conditions

05 August 2022

The fact that the shelter created by windbreaks can have a significant, positive effect on crop production is supported by eight decades of research from many countries around the world. Although the concept of planting windbreaks to enhance crop…

ActivAcre carbon credit program heralds a new era in Tasmanian agroforestry — News

ActivAcre carbon credit program heralds a new era in Tasmanian agroforestry

06 July 2022

A first-of-its-kind Tasmanian program incentivising Northern Tasmanian farmers to grow trees has been launched. The ActivAcre Program sees farmers lease part of their less productive land in return for a reliable, annual income. In addition to…

Formosa Estate virtual reality video - Shelterbelts increase pasture growth — News

Formosa Estate virtual reality video - Shelterbelts increase pasture growth

23 June 2022

Forest Learning has released a series of agroforestry virtual reality videos including a case study of Formosa Estate that was part of the Agroforestry project ran by PFT in collaboration with CSIRO and UTAS. The video shows the research scientists…

The Back Run demonstrate how integrating trees on farms can be done — News

The Back Run demonstrate how integrating trees on farms can be done

22 June 2022

Private Forests Tasmania hosted a small field day for board members and invited stakeholders at the property of Tom and Sarah Clark, the Back Run in June. The Back Run is one of PFT’s seven successful recipients of our round 1 Integrated Farm…

Private Forests Tasmania welcomes new director, Dr Joanna Jones — News

Private Forests Tasmania welcomes new director, Dr Joanna Jones

17 June 2022

Joanna Jones brings extensive practical commercial skills from various agricultural disciplines to the PFT board.

PFT staff reap benefits of 10th National Carbon Farming Conference and Expo — News

PFT staff reap benefits of 10th National Carbon Farming Conference and Expo

09 June 2022

PFT Operations team members attended the 10th National Carbon Farming Conference and Expo, Albury, 23-26 May 2022 covering major topics and themes such as the farm of the future; domestic and international climate policy settings and mechanisms;…

Eight Tasmanian landowners receive funds to integrate trees on farms — News

Eight Tasmanian landowners receive funds to integrate trees on farms

28 April 2022

Planting more trees helps to protect the land for future generations and the Tasmanian Government congratulates eight landowners who will receive grants to integrate 329 hectares of trees on their land. The Tasmanian Government, with assistance from…

Contemporary safety measures introduced for Tasmania’s sustainable forestry industry — News

Contemporary safety measures introduced for Tasmania’s sustainable forestry industry

03 March 2022

Tasmania’s sustainable forestry industry has now updated its contemporary safety measures to help protect and improve the safety of those working within the sector.

Revised plantation forestry method to help farmers, growers — News

Revised plantation forestry method to help farmers, growers

21 January 2022

The revised plantation forestry method will give the forestry industry more opportunities to earn revenue through projects.

$63m investment brought forward for Bell Bay's Timberlink to increase timber supply — News

$63m investment brought forward for Bell Bay's Timberlink to increase timber supply

17 December 2021

The investment will allow Timberlink to increase supply of structural timber for use in the construction of homes in Australia.

PFT welcomes $500,000 funding from federal government to assist farm forestry — News

PFT welcomes $500,000 funding from federal government to assist farm forestry

16 December 2021

Private Forests Tasmania has welcomed $500,000 funding from the federal government to assist and support farm forestry projects and communications.

National recognition for Tasmanian forestry and timber campaigns — News

National recognition for Tasmanian forestry and timber campaigns

30 November 2021

Congratulations to Tasmania’s forestry and timber industry who teamed up with a local marketing company to win seven awards for excellence at the Australian Marketing Institute’s (AMI) national awards.

Family planting trees and improving their farmland to benefit future generations at Westerway — News

Family planting trees and improving their farmland to benefit future generations at Westerway

23 November 2021

Having already seen the benefits of planting trees at Westerway, Tom and Sarah Clark are excited by the opportunity to plant additional pines and leave their farms in the best possible condition for future generations to come.

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