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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

"La Cabreta" (Spain): an outdoor goat and sheep production linked to forest and grasslands

“La Cabreta” is a Galician farm owned by a couple, Ermitas and Joan, who met in 2003 during an Erasmus fellowship, and had a common dream to start their own project: to live in the countryside and own their own farm.

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Grape harvesting in between Sorbus domestica

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