Introduction to Farm Woodland Timber End Uses
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Introduction to Farm Woodland – Timber End Uses
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is offering a range of half day courses for farmers interested in managing woodland.
This programme of courses will include woodland establishment, creating a woodland management plan, formative pruning and maintenance, thinning and harvesting strategies.
The courses will be very practical in approach and will place a major emphasis on growing trees for timber as an additional farm enterprise as well as the associated biodiversity, carbon and landscape benefits.
The first of the Timber End Uses course series will be held at Clarke Cunninghams Killyleagh timber yard and woodland and will look at timber end use, market opportunities and added value. It will give an overview of individual timber characteristics, the milling process and will explain what characteristics timber buyers look for.
If you have on farm timber or are planning a woodland enterprise this introductory session will set the scene and allow you to talk about the issues involved in producing timber fit for sale in an informal, on farm environment, with Clarke Cunningham, one of Northern Ireland’s best-known producers of finished timber.
Dates and location
- Thursday 8th February – 9:30am-1:30pm
Location:
Clark Cunningham’s yard
10 Ballytrim Road, Killyleagh, Downpatrick, BT30 9TH
Booking Terms and Conditions
CAFRE Booking terms and conditions are available by clicking here.
