Field day for blue gum growers

If you want to know more about blue gum growing, then there’s a special event designed just for you. The Central Victorian Farm Plantations is presenting a field day for blue gum growers – canvassing options for management following the first harvest. Speakers including farm forester Andrew Lang, forestry consultant, Hugh Stewart, Australian Forest Growers Chief Executive, Warwick Ragg, and others, will discuss:
· Coppice management
· Pulpwood v sawlog v firewood
· Opportunities for carbon farming?
· Economics of agriculture v treegrowing
· Market prospects and options for wood fibre
· Shelter and biodiversity benefits
· Costs and options for returning land to grazing and cropping
The field day is scheduled for Thursday 26 May, 1.30 pm – 4.30 pm.
Venue: Titanga, 141 Skipton Rd, Lismore
Enquiries: David Fisken, CVFP Executive Officer
0419 873 436 [email protected]