I do not have experience with Paulownia but I'm very interested in the concept of growing/using trees for forage. I look forward to following your research. I am in SW Michigan in Zone 6a and am compiling a list of potential forage trees.
Tree prunings I have fed to my sheep (after checking for toxicity, of course) are autumn olive( this agressive plant is already growing here but is too invasive/agressive to plant as a forage tree, in my opinion), mulberry, apple, and poplar. All were relished by the animals.
I suppose some of the characteristics one looks for in good forage trees are similar to what one would look for in selecting grasses, legumes and forbes(does it grow on my site, is it palatable, nutritional value, yield, tolerance of repeated harvest etc.) but what criteria are particular to selecting trees for forage?
What trees have been used historically for forage?
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Friends,Following is a link to the AFTA website looking at some different means of protecting trees in a silvopasture. Incidentally, this site was overgrown with invasives and the existing timber…Continue
TREE FODDER SEMINAR 2019: TREES IN THE FOOD CHAIN FOR CLIMATE REMEDIATION will be July 8-12, 2019. Presenters, suggestions invited. Call Shana, (207) 338-3301 I am currently working on the…Continue
The attached articles (hopefully in chronological order) were published over the past ~ year in Graze magazine (www.grazeonline.com). Happy reading! …Continue
Hello folks,I'm doing research for the possibility of growing this tree as a silvopasture crop, mostly for intensive silvopasture forage for sheep and beef cattle in New York. Many other temperate…Continue
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I do not have experience with Paulownia but I'm very interested in the concept of growing/using trees for forage. I look forward to following your research. I am in SW Michigan in Zone 6a and am compiling a list of potential forage trees.
Tree prunings I have fed to my sheep (after checking for toxicity, of course) are autumn olive( this agressive plant is already growing here but is too invasive/agressive to plant as a forage tree, in my opinion), mulberry, apple, and poplar. All were relished by the animals.
I suppose some of the characteristics one looks for in good forage trees are similar to what one would look for in selecting grasses, legumes and forbes(does it grow on my site, is it palatable, nutritional value, yield, tolerance of repeated harvest etc.) but what criteria are particular to selecting trees for forage?
What trees have been used historically for forage?
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Friends,Following is a link to the AFTA website looking at some different means of protecting trees in a silvopasture. Incidentally, this site was overgrown with invasives and the existing timber…Continue
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Tree Fodder Seminar July 8-12 in Maine invites presenters and attendees
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TREE FODDER SEMINAR 2019: TREES IN THE FOOD CHAIN FOR CLIMATE REMEDIATION will be July 8-12, 2019. Presenters, suggestions invited. Call Shana, (207) 338-3301 I am currently working on the…Continue
Silvopasturing Series from Graze Magazine
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The attached articles (hopefully in chronological order) were published over the past ~ year in Graze magazine (www.grazeonline.com). Happy reading! …Continue
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Hello folks,I'm doing research for the possibility of growing this tree as a silvopasture crop, mostly for intensive silvopasture forage for sheep and beef cattle in New York. Many other temperate…Continue
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