Planting land to buy more land

bigtomw

Hi guys , first time poster but long time viewer, just looking for a bit of advice, i currently own 110 acres, i am thinking about plantin around 17 acres of high-ish ground which is currently covered in rishes and fir bushes, i also have 22 acres next to this which is mountain grass and heather which i would love to plant but from what i understand this type of land can only make up 20% of your submission, but anyway i was wondering would it be a viable option to plant the land in order to buy better quality land, has anybody done this before, and also i was speaking to sombody who has a forestry and he said he got a lump sum up front ( a number of years a go) is this gone now? is it just the annual premiums i would get?

thanks in advance

jerryg

You will have to do some reading I'm afraid.

Check the Teagasc website here http://www.teagasc.ie/forestry/docs/index_downloads.asp
and here

http://www.teagasc.ie/forestry/docs/grants/ForestrySchemeOptions0908.pdf
lots of time over the Christmas no telly and lots of reading material,
Regards,
Jerry

fergus1001

No still in place for every 10 hectares 2 of that can be unenclosed land

Forest service will be able to advise you further or give a private afforestation company a ring SWS for example (I work for them on and off) just to make sure

Don't underestimate the value of forestry

20- 30 k a hectare at clear fell gross income before harvest costs Yada yada yada

bigtomw

thanks guys i am deffinatly going to have to do some research and i will get in touch with a forester for some advice,

lazybones32

Consider planting older whips, which will reduce the need for spraying to eliminate competition.
Be careful of the 'middle-man' (forestry companies who will maintain the stands for you, will end up getting a nice portion of money for doing so)