Poplars

Poplars are an excellent choice for erosion-prone hill country. Their extensive, deep root network stabilises soil and reduces erosion and damage to watercourses. They can provide shade and shelter for livestock, drought fodder during dry summers and at the end of their useful life they can be harvested for timber. Additionally, poplars contribute to carbon sequestration and if criteria is met they can be registered in the Emissions Trading Scheme.

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The On-Farm Pole Nursery

A guide to growing your own

Colin Stace, Senior Catchment Advisor at Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, spoke at a TLC poplar pole workshop on setting up an on-farm poplar pole nursery.

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Pole Planting Hawke's Bay Hill Country

A guide to where and what

Colin Stace, Senior Catchment Advisor at Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, spoke at a TLC poplar pole workshop on how to grow the very best poplars and how to choose from the huge variety available.

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Carbon Farming Update by Agri Intel

Poplars and the Emissions Trading Scheme

Sam Mander from Agri Intel spoke at a TLC workshop about current on-farm opportunities within the Emissions Trading Scheme and how to capitalise on them, with a particular focus on poplars categorised under exotic hardwoods.

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Milling Poplars

The Economics of milling poplars

Across Hawke’s Bay there is a massive resource in terms of millable poplar. But is it worth the hassle? The Hawea catchment used a TLC demonstration grant to investigate the economics of milling poplar.

Information Sheet

Using Milled Poplars On-farm

Tim Forde, Chair of NZ Farm Forestry Association HB

Tim Forde mills ten poplars annually on his Elsthorpe farm. TLC spoke to him about some of the many ways he is using milled poplars on his farm.

Tim Forde Video