Started this discussion. Last reply by Dave Manning Mar 16, 2016. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Some of you may recall that last year we started a silvopasture project at Ross's Gray Dog Farm in Huntington. It was being done utilizing a mechanized - valmet cut to length harvester & valmet…Continue
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The last post were recent photos of a silvopasture harvest in Petersham, MA. The harvest is being carried out as a whole tree harvest with the tops and softwood pulp being chipped and sent to a…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Peter Smallidge May 19, 2014. 3 Replies 2 Likes
For those of you who were at the Silvopasture Conference in Latham in January you may remember that Ross Hackerson and I talked about a planned silvopasture project at his farm in Huntington, MA and…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Brett Chedzoy Nov 24, 2013. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Cambridge University came out with a report on Sustainable Livestock Production. It can be found here: …Continue
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Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:49pm 1 Comment 1 Like
This is from Purdue University regarding walnuts and climate change. Walnut aren't a major forest component here in Western Mass but this may be more of a concern for those of you in NY and PA.
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/111128JacobsWalnut.html
Hi Jeff,
Say, was wondering if you had any leads on forestry jobs. I'm good on equipment and I'm willing to start at the bottom.
Thanks.
Jakob Berger
Started by Robbie Coville on Wednesday. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hello folks. Are there any consultants here who advise and plan forestry thinning for silvopasture in PA? Or can you point me in the direction of anyone who provides those services in PA? Thank you!Continue
Started by Mark E. Kunnemann. Last reply by Mark E. Kunnemann May 15. 6 Replies 0 Likes
I live in south central Texas on 21 very wooded acres. I have a plan to thin the trees to open up the canopy for allowing grasses to grow. I have 31 large piles of brush which I had planned to burn,…Continue
Started by Brett Chedzoy. Last reply by Scott O'Bar May 14. 4 Replies 0 Likes
In 2020, a local grazier friend did an intensive thinning on 70 acres of mature woods to create silvopasture. Learning from other's past mistakes (including mine) of leaving too much logging debris…Continue
Started by Susan Skalak. Last reply by Scott O'Bar May 14. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,I am in Central Virginia and interested in establishing silvopasture in prior cattle/horse fields with no trees or cover. I am rotationally grazing goats/sheep and horses. Anyone in mid-Atlantic…Continue
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