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Silvopasture Training Workshop

Silvopasture Training Workshop http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eb085p81fdc40477&llr=8f6z5dcab June 25, 20…

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Jun 3, 2015

Brontosaurus -- Clearing strip for installation of fence

We are preparing to install agricultural fence.  We need to clear a fence line trough a rocky, overgrown (trees and brush) area.  I recall…

Started by Maryanne Reynolds

1 May 29, 2015
Reply by Brett Chedzoy

Forests are a "Key Feature" of Food Security

In today's news... LONDON — Forests can play a vital role in supplementing global   food and nutrition security but this role is curr…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

1 May 8, 2015
Reply by Brett Chedzoy

Black Locust Silvopasture in SEPA-

I'm looking for specific recommendations on spacing and planting for the purpose of firewood production and eventually goat pasture (as par…

Started by Abby

2 Apr 7, 2015
Reply by Joanne Vaughn

Tax Abatement Benefits For Land Under Silvopasture Management

New York has gradually updated its property tax abatement program for agricultural land ("Ag Assessment") to include agroforestry practices…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

1 Mar 24, 2015
Reply by Jeff Jourdain

Silvopasturing Beyond the Northeast

word is spreading... http://www.thecountrytoday.com/farm/article_7f19cf0c-cc10-11e4-b492-bb82a3afe601.html 

Started by Brett Chedzoy

0 Mar 18, 2015

Living Barns

Winter Storm "Hercules" is blowing its way through our region today with lots of snow and sub-zero wind chills.  This weather reminds me of…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

3 Mar 3, 2015
Reply by Brett Chedzoy

Allelopathy and Other Forms of Plant Supression Under Trees

Every late summer and early fall as I walk along the edges of our pastures adjoining the woods I notice in the drier years a significant di…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

0 Feb 11, 2015

Black Locust Seed

Where can I find a so called straight variety of Black Locust seed?

Started by Ben Hartwell

4 Feb 11, 2015
Reply by Brett Chedzoy

Natural Fences

A friend sent me the following link to a video of "hedgelaying" in England: http://youtu.be/iGncS_lojlI  Interesting to watch, but makes me…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

4 Jan 19, 2015
Reply by Ben Hartwell

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Off-grid low flow rate pumps

Started by Scott O'Bar Mar 29. 0 Replies

Anyone know of some 12v water pumps that can produce a small trickle of water through a very small diameter tube. Interested in putting cattle on my property, but the water situation is difficult.Continue

willow fodder block

Started by Emily Macdonald Mar 20. 0 Replies

Can anyone share experiences with willow fodder for sheep?  What cultivars did you use? Good sources for obtaining cuttings? What density did you plant?  How did it work out? Did the sheep like…Continue

Forages, Grasses, Legumes

Started by Travis Hermance Mar 18. 0 Replies

I am clearing my woodlots for silvopasture in the Mid-Hudson River Valley in New York State. Can anyone recommend a good mixture of grasses and legumes that are more shade tolerate for my new…Continue

Pasture in forest practitioners tend to have higher uptake of climate-smart forestry practices?

Started by Robbie Coville Mar 15. 0 Replies

Months ago I had read that woodland graziers tend to have higher acceptance of forest management activities: logging, thinning, mechanical interventions, prescribed burning, chemical treatments,…Continue

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