Mulching for healthy tree seedlings

Policy Briefings

Agroforestry Policy Briefings? Why?

1. Agroforestry and the new CAP's Green Architecture

2. Agroforestry in the EU Forest Strategy

3. Agroforestry and CAP Direct Payments

4. Agroforestry and Enhanced Conditionality

5. Agroforestry and Ecoschemes

6. Agroforestry and Pillar II of the new CAP

7. Agroforestry CAP Monitoring

8. Agroforestery for Carbon Farming

9. AF Policy in England

10. EURAF reacts to the Commission's advice on CAP SPs

11. EU Agroforestry Policy for a North American Audience

12. EURAF reacts to the EU "Fit for 55 Package"

13. EURAF welcomes the “EU Soil Strategy for 2030”

14. Agroforestry in the CAP post 01/01/2023

15. Monitoring Trees Outside Forests in the EU

16. Agroforestry for the Green Deal transition

17. ENVI amendments fatally weaken the LULUCF Regulation

18. Agroforestry and the EU Nature Restoration Regulation

More soon!

Pick Your Factsheet!

Invisible fencing in wood pasture - A comparison of costs

Why invisible fencing?

Invisible fencing is an innovation that allows the control of cattle movement without needing physical barriers. In open areas, cattle can be fitted with a Geographical Positioning System (GPS) which will signal when a cow approaches a boundary.

Under trees in a wood pasture, due to the intermittent GPS signal, an alternative method is to bury an electric cable in the soil surface that emits a shortwave radio signal which is sensed by a transponder on a cattle collar. The transponder emits a noise as a cow approaches the boundary and, if she does not turn back, it provides an electric pulse similar to an electric fence. At Epping Forest, each collar also includes a GPS sensor which helps to locate the cattle.

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Featured Farm of the day

"Red Tractor Farm", Greece

The farm occupies 3.24 ha located 150 meters from the sea near the port town of Korissia. The farm has excellent soil due to annual topsoil runoff from surrounding hills.

Successful tree establishment depends on minimising competition from other vegetation for water and nutrients. Mulching is one of the most beneficial practices a farmer can use to establish healthy tree plants.

Documents:

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Factsheet

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Ploughing in between 14 year old walnut trees

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Mulching for healthy tree seedlings