United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center
Working Trees (USDA-NAC)
Date of this Version
5-2013
Citation
Working Trees Info, May 2013
United States Department of Agriculture, National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Abstract
What is silvopasture?
Silvopasture is the deliberate integration of trees and grazing livestock operations on the same land. These systems are intensively managed for both forest products and forage. Well managed silvopastures employ agronomic principals, typically including introduced or native pasture grasses, fertilization and nitrogen-fixing legumes, and rotational grazing systems that employ short grazing periods which maximize vegetative plant growth and harvest.
Comments
United States government work