The Farmer's Log 1999

'The Farmer's Log 1999' was the original book written to outline the MTG program and provide some interesting and useful information for farm foresters throughtout Australia. This book has now been updated to the 'The Farmer's Forest', however much of what was in the 'Farmer's Log' is still relevant and as such we have provided access to all the chapters in the 'Log' via Adobe Acrobat reader.

'The Farmer's Log' is now out of print.

Chapters from the Farmer's Log 1999

• Agroforestry and farm forestry? It's about framers of course! (177 kb)
  Farm forestry not about land area, species, design or even purpose. It is about farmers choosing to commit their resources to appropriate farm forestry systems. This is the basis of the MTG program.
• Who are the Australian Master TreeGrowers? (218 kb)
  An introduction to the thinking and background behind the Program
• What's involved in an MTG Program? (595 kb)
  A detailed description of the MTG Program and information for those proposing to run a program in their region
• Integrating farm forestry into your property- The MTG Diagnosis and Design Approach (157 kb)
  The MTG approach to farm forestry design for multiple benefits for all landholders.
• Master TreeGrower project (145 kb)
  An example of a farm forestry design project using the MTG design approach.
• CASE STUDY: Bambra Agroforestry Farm- Growing sawlogs in a riparian buffer strip (169 kb)
  Maximising productivity from an often forgotten farm site. An example of common sense planning
• Tree and stand measurement (309 kb)
  A very practical guide to measuring trees and farm forests on your farm.
  A blank field measurement sheet (52 kb)can be downloaded and taken out into the field on your next measurement project
• CASE STUDY: Oak Valley (83 kb)
  Putting tree measurement skills to good use. Growth figures from one of Victoria's oldest and most well known farm forestry sites.
• Growing good wood- The art of farm silviculture? (435 kb)
  How to manipulate your trees to get them to grow they way you want them to produce the products your aiming for.
• Have you got too many trees? (120 kb)
  The case for thinning eucalypts early and hard to achieve maximum growth.
• Wood quality from farm grown timber (101 kb)
  A special chapter by Russell Washusen and Gary Waugh of the CSIRO and the latest in research into the wood quality of farm grown timber in drier sites
• Native forest management on private land (106 kb)
  Another special chapter on the management of native forest written by an expert in the area, Mr Simon Greenaway
• Farm forestry economics (150 kb)
  'How much will my trees be worht?' An often asked question, but difficult to answer. Here are some of the econmic skills required to answer that question
• CASE STUDY: Pete's Pines- Case study on marketing (90 kb)
  Some of the issues a farm forester may face when buying a property with trees ready for harvest
• Taxation, policy and legislation- Why farm foresters must be organised (178 kb)
  Mr Allan Cummine, National Policy Director of Australian Forest Growers outlines some of the important policy implications all farm foresters should know about.
• Who are Australian Forest Growers, what is the Joint Venture Agroforestry Program and what are some of their publications? (292 kb)
• OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE 128 PAGES OF THE FARMER'S LOG 1999 (2,192 kb)