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Forestry Grant Scheme Update (FWN37 Autumn 2021)
Cultivation Guidance Scottish Forestry has introduced long-awaited Cultivation Guidance. Announced in July it became live on 1st October 2021. The guidance is designed to minimise soil disturbance and therefore release…
Read More >Grants for small scale tree planting (FWN37 Autumn 2021)
The Forestry Grant Scheme provides fantastic financial support across the forestry industry, facilitating thousands of hectares of tree planting every year. It is not, however, without its pitfalls. For some…
Read More >Woodland at SRUC Kirkton & Auchtertyre (FWN37 Autumn 2021)
SRUC’s Kirkton and Auchtertyre farms are situated between the villages of Tyndrum and Crianlarich in west Perthshire; at the northern edge of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.…
Read More >Timber market report November 2021 (FWN37 Autumn 2021)
In my last report earlier this year I commented on standing timber prices being at record levels, and the highest I had seen in the whole of my career. I…
Read More >Farm Woodland News (FWN37) Autumn 2021
Farm Woodland News (FWN 37) Autumn 2021
Read More >Forestry Information Note: Storm Arwen Update – Felling Permission and Windblown Trees
Overnight on the 26th of November 2021, Storm Arwen struck the UK with exceptionally strong winds triggering a rare Met Office Red Warning for wind. This was one of the…
Read More >Farm Woodlands Information Note: Quick Guide to Short Rotation Forestry Species
Farm Woodlands Information Note: Quick Guide to Short Rotation Forestry Species In short rotation forestry an area is planted with the plan to coppice or harvest the timber crop when…
Read More >Soil Association Scotland’s Agroforestry in Action Knowledge Transfer Programme – Final report
The project ‘Agroforestry in Action’ commenced on 1 December 2020 and completed on 31 March 2021. It was delivered jointly by Soil Association Scotland and Woodland Trust Scotland with 25%…
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