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Pigs and poplars - A smart combination for environmental protection, animal welfare and meat quality

Why keep pigs together with poplars?

Free-range systems aim to support animal welfare and are common in organic pork production. However, they do represent an environmental risk due to the depositing of manure. Maximum stocking rates are prescribed assuming that nutrients released with manure will be spread uniformly in the field and may be absorbed by cover crops roots. In practice, there are several problems with these assumptions: pigs often decide to use one specific part of the paddock to defecate; sandy-soil fixes a small amount of nutrients; and herbaceous cover crops are more active during spring summer and less so in other seasons (Tagliapietra et al. 2007).

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Featured Farm of the day

Innovative business concept of an organic farm with agroforestry system – Biolandhof Braun, Freising, Germany

The Biolandhof Braun is a much-diversified organic farm with 58 ha of arable land, 17 ha of permanent grassland and some forest. In 1988, the conversion to organic farming took place with the aim of respecting and preserving the environment and resources as well as creation. The interest in closing nutrient cycles lead him via forest garden systems and permaculture to agroforestry.

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Walnut and Maize

Olive tree silvarable-pastoral system, near Viterbo, Italy

Collection of reindeer

Holm oak, pasture + turkey

Red Tractor Farm

Grazed orchard

Mixed livestock browsing in holm oak montado

Sheep in Apple Orchards Loughgall

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

Strip-like willow plantations offer a variety of retreats for birds and game

Hungarian wood pastures