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Farming with pollards - A productive way of pruning

Why pollard trees?

Pollarding trees optimises renewable biomass production and facilitates local production of firewood, ramial chipped wood (RCW), lumber and fodder. Harvest occurs over decades, depending on the chosen frequency of pruning and utilization. Many tree varieties can be pollarded to provide a range of products. Pollarded trees have an increased lifespan. As their growth is limited, they better resist wind and drought, and this may be of particular benefit in global warming conditions. Old pollards use compartmentation to ensure living cells are protected from diseases and dead cells in the middle of the trunk. The tree trunks, and even the roots, are also great biodiversity habitats for flora and fauna.

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Introduction of a Hungarian farmer family, Tüzkövesbörc Farm

Get to know this hungarian farm that aims to preserve the genetic stock of native livestock breeds, by producing animal breeders within a traditional wooded pasture.

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Ploughing in between 14 year old walnut trees

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3rd EURAF conference, Montpellier, France, May 2016

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