Solution Forestry Systems
Our forestry systems produce multiple benefits for the farm, the environment and the community.
Production Crops and Species:
A varied range of production crops and species are currently present in agro forestry. FBT provides consultation to determine best the candidates for inter-cropping according to:
- The available markets. Their distance, accessibility and potential returns.
- Your current market? What type of agro forestry would best compliment it? Which locations would give the best result?
- The physical attributes of the site. That is the average rainfall, soil profile, drainage and exposure.
Benefits
- Additional and diversified earnings.
- Improved growing environments.
- A buffer against the cyclical downturns in prices and drought, frost and flood events.
- Improvement and maintenance of soil and water.
- Increases in capital value.
- Health through water table balance. Trees lower water tables - this helps to combat a salinity problems
- Wind breaks provide protection for livestock crops and pastures
Other benefits to the environment and community are:
- The creation of new jobs and industries.
- Sustainable management of natural resources.
- Increased biodiversity.
- An industry that easily fits most agricultural ventures.
- Wood products with stable price-value compared to most agricultural products.
- Low-risk investment potential; long-term productivity is less relative to weather conditions.
Resources include: Soil remediation, hardwood lumber, food crops and alternative fuel “ethanol”.
Inter-crop method: Diverse and comprehensive to the available markets our focus is on high quality high demand lumber and inter-crops. Conclusively, only high production crests species will be selected for the focal point for our designs.
Commercial agro forestry:
Combines agricultural and lumber products commercially. Forestry designs accomadate frequent use and passage of large harvesting equipment.
Native species reestablishment strategy: Planting for remediation density, depending on the conditions of the site. Paulownia Hybrid is used to re-establish native plants, then systematically "thinned out,"and slowly removed, as native species are returned to the location. Paulownia Hybrid is non-invasive.
Desert remediation:
Planting the perameters of deserts and slowly moving inward. Paulownia Hybrid is used to re-balance the water table and remediate soil, introducing arable land.
Plantations: Planting for high volumes of lumber.
- High density:
- Medium density:
- Low Density:
- Woodlots: Small opportunistic planting of any shape for a wide variety of purposes. Such as triangles in paddock corners, circles for mid paddock shelter and fire blocks near the house. Paulownia Hybrid has fire retardant characteristics.
- Wind breaks and Belts: Planting in straight lines along fence,s or curved along streams.
- Widely spaced: Planted for aesthetics, or as ornamental, "park-style" shade trees.