Farm forestry
As the old saying goes, the best time to plant trees was 20 years ago, and the second-best time is this year. But planning for a 2025 planting is right up there too.
Under the Gippsland Farm Forestry Program, The Victorian Government is offering grants to successful applicants to help establish trees on farms to contribute to future timber supply.
The program seeks to support the integration of timber trees within the context of a whole farm plan, ensuring these trees play a vital role in improving the broad range of economic, environmental, social, and cultural values within and around the farming landscape.
Lardner Park, the home of Farm World, also hosts the oldest agroforestry demonstration site in Victoria, established forty-five years ago.
Situated only 400 metres from the Farm World exhibitor area, various timber species have been planted and harvested over this time and many tours of this site have been conducted.
VicForests and Lardner Park are working with Gippsland Agroforestry Network, a group of people with a special interest in producing, converting, and marketing farmgrown timber, to reinvigorate the demonstration site.
The Gippsland Farm Forestry Program has awarded grants to numerous landholders over the last two years, most of whom have now established their plantations in various configurations, including woodlots, shelterbelts and within wide-spaced agroforestry regimes.
A new round of grants is now open and application forms will be available at the VicForests Farm Forestry stand at Farm World (Site 543), or online at ww.vicforests.com.au/farm-forestry.
Come and talk to our team at Farm World to learn more about the program.