Mature Forestry Investment - Agroforestry

bradygaz

Outsider starting to look inside when it comes to forestry!

If you invest in mature mixed foresty...say 15 yrs old... do you have to leave all tress until time to clear fell?

Or can you clear some trees to start secondary agroforestry / silvopasture revenue stream if appropriate conditions?... eg) pigs... orchard trees... could you erect polytunnels etc etc

When time to replant after clear fell do you have to plant whole area in forestry? Is there a percentage of land that must be planted in trees? eg 90% etc

Just trying to figure out even after buying forestry land just what you can actually do with your own property!

tabby aspreme

Generally if land has been grant aided for forestry it has to stay in forestry unless the grants are repaid. Clearfall is usually associated with coniferous forests after 45 /50 years , in the case of hardwood , continuous cover forestry can be practiced where the initial planting is thinned out to maybe 20 / 30 mature trees / acre with coppiceing or other activities being carried out also. Google continuous cover forestry, for some ideas

Moocifer

Once it's in forestry it pretty much has to stay that way. When it comes to clearfell time a condition of the felling licence will be that it is replanted, no grants or premiums are payable for that either so it has to come from the money made at clearfell stage.