Hungarian wood pastures

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Invisible fencing in wood pasture - A comparison of costs

Why invisible fencing?

Invisible fencing is an innovation that allows the control of cattle movement without needing physical barriers. In open areas, cattle can be fitted with a Geographical Positioning System (GPS) which will signal when a cow approaches a boundary.

Under trees in a wood pasture, due to the intermittent GPS signal, an alternative method is to bury an electric cable in the soil surface that emits a shortwave radio signal which is sensed by a transponder on a cattle collar. The transponder emits a noise as a cow approaches the boundary and, if she does not turn back, it provides an electric pulse similar to an electric fence. At Epping Forest, each collar also includes a GPS sensor which helps to locate the cattle.

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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.

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A gastronomy tv show about wood pastures and products from wood pastures.

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

Knepp Re-Wilding Project

Silvoarable agroforestry under cork oak (Quercus suber)

Alley cropping, Seabuckthorn & Buffaloberry, canola and alfalfa

Ploughing in between 14 year old walnut trees

Sheep in Apple Orchards Loughgall

Typical landscape of Montado with Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia)

Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley

Willow silvopasture

Wild asparagus in traditional olive orchard at CRA OLI Spoleto, Italy

Hungarian wood pastures