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Why triticale?

Productivity of natural pastures in Iberian dehesas is usually low and very variable (on average 1440 kg dry matter (DM) ha/yr). They also provide low nutritive value forage, containing 4-20% legume fraction, 9-12% crude protein, 44-59% neutral detergent fibre and 28-37% acid detergent fibre.

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Featured Farm of the day

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.

Celtic Pigs in Silvopastoral Systems

Grazed orchard

Weed control at Bosques Naturales

Agroforestry with willow used as medicinal fodder

Ploughing in between 14 year old walnut trees

Willow silvopasture

Alley cropping system of Poplar in Forst, Germany

Montado near Montemor-o-Novo

Traditional meadow in Joensuu, Finland

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