[Link] How silvopasture can help with heat stress
When farm environment adviser Luke Dale-Harris set about creating the Devon Silvopasture Network, helping farmers find ways to manage heat stress in t…
Tag: silvopasture
[Link] Silvopastures can be established in pine tree alleyways
A new study has identified two types of grass that grow well in wooded settings as forage for small beef producers in Arkansas looking to integrate fo…
[Link] Silvopasture in the USA: A systematic review of natural resource professional and producer-reported benefits, challenges, and management activities
Silvopasture is the deliberate integration of trees, forage, and grazing livestock on the same piece of land.
[Link] Can we raise livestock sustainably?
Reducing the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides is key to guaranteeing a sustainable system.
[Link] Grazing in orchards, vineyards mutually beneficial
In silvopasture, which contains multiple trees, the livestock spread out more. This avoids detrimental impact to a single tree and area.
[Link] A Silvo Lining
Pastures with trees in them sequester more carbon than those without, a study found.
[Link] Spanish farmers fight forest fires with agroforestry (and many sheep)
The forest fire stopped just before arriving at Nieves Fernández Vidueira’s farm, but it burned all day in the area surrounding Quintela do Pando …
[Link] Pasture Management and Silvopasture at Square Roots Farm with Michael Gallagher and Connor Stedman
Join NOFA/Mass and Michael Gallagher of Square Roots Farm, along with Connor Stedman as we explore his intensively managed livestock systems and optio…
