"Nice video Jonathan! Do you think there is any timing concerns with preparing silage like this? For example when to gather, how long to ferment (ensile?), and how long it can be stored? Seems like a viable method for storing winter…"
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Anyone else seeding forages into pasture round bale leftovers
Started Dec 17, 2019 0 Replies 0 Likes
Thought I'd share this video I just uploaded about my silvopasture forage establishment trials in Brooktondale, NY. Enjoy!…Continue
Who has experience with Empress Tree?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dr. Akos Bodnar Jul 2, 2019. 13 Replies 2 Likes
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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Matt Cantrell commented on Jonathan Bates's blog post Tree Fodder Silage Experiment Video and Invitation for CommentsJonathan Bates commented on Jonathan Bates's blog post Tree Fodder Silage Experiment Video and Invitation for Comments"Hey folks. I thought I would add some other links for interesting follow up research, mostly how willow can be used as…"
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Jonathan Bates posted a blog postTree Fodder Silage Experiment Video and Invitation for Comments
Hey Folks. I wanted to share this video I made of an experiment ensiling tree and shrub species in a five gallon bucket. I was inspired by a Mexican Agave silage project, where they ensiled Agave leaves in five gallon buckets for a nutritious climate fighting solution using livestock and climate appropriate food producing polyculture systems. I foresee a time where it will be more expensive to use a tractor to make round bales, and silage for winter feed. I also foresee a time when more and…See More
Jonathan Bates posted a blog postTree And Herb Silvopasture Forage Trial Establishment Round Bale Nursery
Thought I'd share this video I just uploaded about my silvopasture forage estabishment trials in Brooktondale, NY. Enjoy!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLBYGhssiIESee More
Jonathan Bates posted a discussionAnyone else seeding forages into pasture round bale leftovers
Thought I'd share this video I just uploaded about my silvopasture forage establishment trials in Brooktondale, NY. Enjoy!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLBYGhssiIESee More
Dr. Akos Bodnar replied to Jonathan Bates's discussion Who has experience with Empress Tree?"Yes, you right, but there is no much experiences about feeding P. leaves. Actually, I found only some related resources on the Internet and less scientific papers... So, we're planning to start a feeding trial with goats and sheep. As I can see…"
Jonathan Bates replied to Jonathan Bates's discussion Who has experience with Empress Tree?"Thanks for sharing those resources. It is my experience that the cattle are not interested in the Paulownia leaves until they start to turn yellow at the end of summer. You mention feeding leaves in the fall in the Nutritive Value article... Do you…"
Jonathan Bates replied to Jonathan Bates's discussion Who has experience with Empress Tree?"Hello Larry... The Paulownia picture of the goats is from a forage trial from North Carolina I believe, not my goats :) In some places Paulownia has naturalized yes, but it only seems to grow where there has been previous disturbance, and in the…"
"Is the photo of your goats eating Paulownia? From where did you get it? Is it invasive? My Finnsheep are unusual in that they like to eat invasives like barberry, switchgrass, hickory leaves and twigs, oak leaves and twigs, willow…"
Jonathan Bates replied to Jonathan Bates's discussion Who has experience with Empress Tree?"Hello Dr. Akos Bodnar,
Thanks for sharing those resources. It is my experience that the cattle are not interested in the Paulownia leaves until they start to turn yellow at the end of summer. You mention this in the Nutritive Value article... Do you…"
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Tree Fodder Silage Experiment Video and Invitation for Comments
Posted on August 31, 2020 at 1:27pm 3 Comments 1 Like
Hey Folks. I wanted to share this video I made of an experiment ensiling tree and shrub species in a five gallon bucket. I was inspired by a Mexican Agave silage project, where they ensiled Agave leaves in five gallon buckets for a nutritious climate fighting solution using livestock and climate appropriate food producing polyculture systems. I foresee a time where it will be more expensive to use a tractor to make round bales, and silage for winter feed. I also foresee a time when more and…
Continue VIDEO: Agroforestry hightlighted at Cornell's NY Soil Health congratulations Steve Gabriel
Posted on January 16, 2020 at 10:03am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Tree And Herb Silvopasture Forage Trial Establishment Round Bale Nursery
Posted on December 17, 2019 at 9:47pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Thought I'd share this video I just uploaded about my silvopasture forage estabishment trials in Brooktondale, NY. Enjoy!
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- At 12:26pm on October 23, 2018,
Emily Macdonald said…
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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Pasture-in-the-woods forestry consulting in PA
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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
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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
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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
Establishing Silvopasture in Horse Fields
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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