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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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Innovative business concept of an organic farm with agroforestry system – Biolandhof Braun, Freising, Germany

The Biolandhof Braun is a much-diversified organic farm with 58 ha of arable land, 17 ha of permanent grassland and some forest. In 1988, the conversion to organic farming took place with the aim of respecting and preserving the environment and resources as well as creation. The interest in closing nutrient cycles lead him via forest garden systems and permaculture to agroforestry.

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Alley cropping, Seabuckthorn & Buffaloberry, canola and alfalfa

Montado near Montemor-o-Novo

Trees planted on grasslands and between fields in the “Juchowo Farm”

Goats and Fraxinus, Portugal

Whitehall Farm, Cambs, UK, apples and arable

Silvopastoral system with Ash at Loughall, Northern Ireland

Grape harvesting in between Sorbus domestica

Olive tree silvarable-pastoral system, near Viterbo, Italy

Alley-cropping at Vattholma, Sweden

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

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