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Trees planted at wide spacing naturally develop a shorter trunk, with a greater tendency to a sinuous and forked shape. They often bear many vigorous lateral branches that can hamper the movement of agricultural machinery.

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Wakelyns Agroforestry - a diverse organic silvoarable system in the UK

The general layout of the farm (Google Earth UK postcode IP21 5SD) is a series of 2 ha alley-cropping systems, with all production hedges aligned north-south on each side of 12m wide cropping areas. There are two coppice systems (hazel, willow), two mixed hardwood systems (ash, hornbeam, Italian alder, oak, small-leaved lime, sycamore, wild cherry, with or without apple) and two mixed fruit and nut systems. The organic crop rotation (cereals-ley-potatoes/squash-ley-cereals) runs as a single cycle around the whole farm.

Grape harvesting in between Sorbus domestica

Collection of reindeer

Sweet cherry in combination with vegetables on an organic farm

Mixed livestock browsing in holm oak montado

Walnut and Maize

Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley

Oak agro-silvo-pastoral system

Alley cropping system of Poplar in Forst, Germany

Willow coppice, Netherlands

Authochtonous goat breed (Serpentina) grazing under Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia)

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