Agroforestry

Programme of events with full details in document attached, including bursary oppertunity.  1. Visits to the AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) research station at Loughgall (15 th June) and 3 commercial stock farms in north Antrim (afternoon of 16 th June)  2. Talks based at CAFRE (Coll

I gathered lots of seeds last year from the trees bumper harvest. Apparently in drought situations the tree will go into overdrive producing seeds in case it dies - smart trees! They are coming along nicely. A lot of work transplanting them but hopefully all worth it one day. Very satisfying though.

Jim McAdam recently spoke at the BSAS 2023 conference and presented on sheep on silvopasture. The presentation is attached. Animal welfare was a major discussion point at this conference, Jim's presentation highlights the beneficial impact of welfare for the sheep with shade, shelter and variety of

A selection of questions and answers from our Silvopasture Webinar on Monday night, great discussionon on all things agroforestry, more will be posted here over the next week or two. Q: What species now that ash is off the table? A: Wild cherry and oak on good sites, birch, willow alder, hazel on w

Sheep and Cattle often browse overhanging branches from hedgerows. Wonder what she wants? Perhaps the tannins in the leaves to help reduce a worm burden, or maybe a boost of vitamin C? https://youtu.be/TtaIPesYcyc

Daffodils farmed for Alzheimers drug https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-61081542 Did you know daffodils can be farmed between trees https://www.agforward.eu/documents/leaflets/35_Managing_the_tree_understorey_for_food_and_biodiversity.pdf

AFINET Livestock Silvopasture Event - Prof. Steve Newman - July 2019,https://youtu.be/NUoNpUI8rNk

Irish Wood Producers in collaboration with the Irish Forest Owners, the Society of Irish Foresters and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine present a series of weekly webinars. https://irishwoodproducers.com/training/weekly-webinars-2021-2022/

Regenerative Agroforestry Podcast. Dr Lindsay Whistance is a Livestock Researcher at the Organic Research Center in the UK. Through her extensive knowledge of silvopasture, she enables us to see agroforestry from the animal’s perspective. Trees can provide livestock with shelter, food, medicine and

Learn how to use trees to help your sheep flock be more productive with lower losses https://www.agricology.co.uk/resources/role-trees-sheep-farming

This year's annual face to face meeting will be held over 2 days in Co. Antrim, with theme of 'Trees on stock farms for climate resilience'. Join us for the Farm Woodland Forum Annual Meeting which will be held over 2 days on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th June. Agenda overview (Please scroll dow

Has anyone used the woodland trust for help with funding for agroforestry/silvopasture? What are your experiences with their schemes, and is there any other help with funding options out there? Thanks Jonny

On Tuesday this week several agroecologically-minded farmers attended a Niels Corfield Whole Farm Planning event, facilitated by the amazing team at Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) NI and hosted by the warm and welcoming-as-ever Bronagh O'Kane. Niels delivered an in-depth surgery on how to

Champions for Change: Andrew Barbour, Championing agroforestry,https://youtu.be/H47-ifAlZQc

Q: How do you see the tree growing part of this question developing? A: If you are planting low numbers of trees you can afford to use more expensive , highly selected trees eg from hardwood improvement programmes. Wild cherry is looking like a really good option on good land. What % of poultry feed

Exploring Agroforestry in Organic Dairy – NEFERTITI Cross Visit at Tim and Louise Downes' farm,https://youtu.be/ucrHxWEpKYQ

Haywood Oaks Farm – how tree planting can save the soil,https://youtu.be/dUmz_OViU-Q Nottinghamshire farmers and father and son Richard and James Thomas can recall more than one occasion when he stood watching his livelihood literally wash away before his eyes. The problems of water and wind erosio

https://www.agricology.co.uk/field/blog/tree-hay-forgotten-fodder

https://www.irishagroforestry.ie/

Integrated Forestry / Agroforestry - IFO Forestry Solutions Series

https://www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/allerton-project-research-blog/2020/january/should-we-be-feeding-trees-to-ruminants/ did you know the leaves of the willow tree are high in cobalt? Cobalt deficiency in ewes can lead to poor lamb viability at birth, adequate cobalt means a stronger lamb that is quick to

Agroecology: how a small farm in Aberdeenshire uses agroforestry to reap results