WHAT IS FARM FORESTRY ?
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1. Growing a windbreak to protect cattle and property
2. Growing fence posts or timber for the next shed extension
3. Planting up a poor yielding paddock to provide some retirement funds
4. Taking some saw logs out of your existing forest without wrecking it
5. Creating a wildlife corridor or refuge
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HOW CAN MID NORTH COAST FARM FORESTERS HELP YOU?
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1. Provide courses at low cost
a) on preparing and planting
b) identifying good timber logs & log grading
c) calculating the amount and understanding the quality
of your timber trees
d) silviculture: ways to improve your trees
e) specimen identification
2. Contacts for mobile saw millers and professional foresters
3. Possible certification under international standards to achieve
better prices
4. Field days to see and hear how other farmers do it.
5. Contact with markets to assure best prices.
6. Keeping in touch with other forest growers through
newsletters, e-mail and the MNCFF website. |
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Joining Mid North Coast Farm Foresters
It's easy. First, print out this application form. It's in pdf format, and you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program available here.
Fill in the form, and be sure to tick a box - either for annual membership ($5), or for annual membership and a subscription to the quarterly Agroforestry News ($20). |
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Forms and payments should be sent to:
Mid North Coast Farm Foresters
P.O. Box 239
Bowraville NSW 2449
Becoming a member will give you access to a growing range of services to assist you with your forestry enterprise, and give you a vote at our Annual General Meeting.
If you have any problems accessing or printing the application form, contact the MNCFF office on (02) 6564 7916 for assistance
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