Silvopasture

Silvopasture is a form of agroforestry that combines grazing livestock with the farming of crops and trees – where trees are grown in a grazed pasture in a regular or varied pattern. Cattle, Sheep, Pigs and Poultry can be farmed alongside trees in a sustainable ecosystem in this way.

Silvopasture has been found to:-

- extend grazing season .......higher grass utilisation : resilience to grazing during extreme rainfall & drought : reduced ammonia emissions

- increase biodiversity

- carbon sequestration

- reduce water runoff

- provide renewable fuel

- ‘mine’ Phosphorous from a greater volume of soil.

 You can find out more about silvopasture options for your farm at the below pages