Silvopasture
Combines the management of trees, livestock, and forages on the same piece of land to improve forage growth, protect livestock from heat and wind, and provide the opportunity for timber and non-timber production.
Resources:
- Brantly, S. (2014). “Forest Grazing, Silvopasture, and Turning Livestock into the Woods” Agroforestry Notes (8). http://nac.unl.edu/documents/agroforestrynotes/an46si09.pdf
- Fike, J. H., Buergler, A. L., Burger, J. A., & Kallenbach, R. L. (2004). “Considerations for establishing and managing silvopastures.” Forage And Grazinglands, 2(1), 0-0. http://www.ext.vt.edu/topics/agriculture/silvopasture/files/silvopastures-considerations.PDF
- Hamilton, J. (2008) Silvopasture: Establishment & Management Principles for Pine Forests in the Southeastern United States. USDA National Agroforestry Center.
- Klopfenstein, N. B., Rietveld, W. J., Carman, R. C., Clason, T. R., Sharrow, S. H., Garrett, G., & Anderson, B. (1997). “Silvopasture: an agroforestry practice.” Agroforestry Notes (8). http://nac.unl.edu/publications/agroforestrynotes.htm
- Robinson, J. L., & Clason, T. (2000). “From a pasture to a silvopasture system.” Agroforestry Notes (22). http://nac.unl.edu/documents/agroforestrynotes/an22s04.pdf
