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Modelling livestock carrying capacity in montados

Why use trees on grazed areas?

First impressions are often that the presence of trees in pasture systems will lead to a reduction in pasture production due to the light and water competition. However, other effects on the system dynamics and water availability may be beneficial to nutrient cycling, yield, and pasture productivity.

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Featured Farm of the day

"The Heather-Farm": From an Old Tradition to Sustainable Modern Agriculture in France

The Heather-Farm is an estate in Limousin in Central France. According to old documents and pictures, after the clearing of large forest areas in the Middle Ages, there were not many trees in the hilly landscape of that region until the 18th century.

The Heather-Farm

Weed control at Bosques Naturales

Willow coppice, Netherlands

Celtic Pigs in Silvopastoral Systems

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

Silvopastoral system with Ash at Loughall, Northern Ireland

Montado near Montemor-o-Novo

2nd EURAF Conference, 4-6 June 2014, Cottbus, Germany

Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley

Sheep in Apple Orchards Loughgall