Fodder trees on dairy farms - Extend the grazing season with trees and shrubs

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Trees and crops: making the most of the space - Managing the tree understorey for increased food production and biodiversity

Why manage the understorey?

In many agroforestry systems, the area between the trees and under the tree canopy is an overlooked and underutilised space. Unmanaged, this can create problems with weed control. This space can be put to productive use through planting crops that are adapted to shady conditions. In addition, when managed correctly, the tree understorey can be a resource for biodiversity, providing a habitat for beneficial insects and a food resource for crop pollinators.

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Featured Farm of the day

"Rindergilde Geesthacht" and "Family Farm Staggen"

The two featured farms are both based in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein - Germany’s most sparsely wooded federal state, located between the Baltic and the Northern Sea in Northwestern Germany. In 2017, both farms won an award for their well-maintained ‘Knicks’.

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Why browse woody plants?

To face the challenges arising from decreasing water and fossil fuel resources, dairy systems will have to limit their use of irrigation, mineral nitrogen fertilisers and exogenous concentrates.

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Factsheet

3rd EURAF conference, Montpellier, France, May 2016

Agforward General Assembly in 2017

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

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Montado near Montemor-o-Novo

Grape harvesting in between Sorbus domestica

Fodder trees on dairy farms - Extend the grazing season with trees and shrubs