Trees on farms

Planting trees gives many returns – financial, providing habitat for native species and creating a landscape we can all enjoy. The secret of successful results is to match the tree to the use and locality, and manage it in the right way. Trees on Farms cover image

‘Trees on Farms: a guide with local experience of growing trees in the Waikato Region’ covers a range of aspects of selection, establishment and care of trees on farms. It also includes comments and case studies from land owners who attended one of four ‘Trees on Farms’ workshops, sharing a range of different local experiences. You can view or print the report from this page.

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What you’ll find in ‘Trees on Farms’

The contents of ‘Trees on Farms’ has been split into two files. Use the table of contents below as a guide before clicking on the relevant file or files.

Chapters 1-7, p 3-27
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Chapters 8-11, p 29-52
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	Cover page
	Foreword
	Table of contents
1.	Introduction	3
2.	Why Plant Trees?	4
3.	Getting Local Information	5
4.	Web Sites	6
5.	Planning	7
	Checking Site Conditions Where to Plant What to Plant Specific Planting Goals - Shade - Shelter - Soil Erosion - Enhancing native habitat - Timber - Riparian Planting - Stock feed	9 10 11 12 12 13 15 17 18 20 21
6.	Planting	22
	When to Plant Preparing the Site Obtaining Plants Planting Tips Maintenance Weeds and Other Care	22 22 23 24 25 26
7.	What’s Being Planted Where	27
8.	Case Studies	29
	Shade and Shelter Heritage, Timber and Erosion Control Practical Shade on a Dairy and Maize Cropping Farm Multi-purpose Shelter for a Dairy Herd Reducing Stress on a Deer Farm Trees in a Wet Landscape An Ideal Way to Grow Blackwoods Replacing Willows in Gullies with Native Trees	30 30 32 33 35 37 38 40
9.	Trees on Farms – Market Information	42
	Species - Radiata Pine Other Species Market Demand - Future Trends - Tree Quality - Harvesting and Transport Costs	42 43 43 44 44 44 44
10.	Annotated Bibliography	45
	General Shade Exotic Timber	45 45 45
11.	A Guide to Tree Species	51

Trees on farms

What you’ll find in ‘Trees on Farms’

Table of Contents