News PFT's 2021-22 Annual Report now available to review 27 October 2022 Private Forests Tasmania is pleased to present the 2021-22 Annual Report, officially tabled in Parliament on October 27 by Minister for Resources, Felix Ellis.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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;…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
News Economic return on strategically planting trees on farms is obvious for Greenhythe 03 November 2021 Greenhythe, part of the Angus Stud, Landfall, started to invest in trees in a commercial capacity in the late 1990s.
News How planting trees on Fulham Farm will benefit future generations to come 25 October 2021 Fulham, a 3000-acre grazing farm on the Southeast Coast of Dunalley, has been owned and operated by the Gray family since 1926.
News Lamb survivability, generations to benefit from trees on Evandale farm 20 October 2021 Trees have been integrated into this Evandale farm for the past 70 years, and the impacts shelterbelts are having on lamb survivability is noticeable.
