Cows graze in a silvopasture area on April 19, 2023, on Wild Harmony Farm in Exeter, R.I. To understand silvopasture, imagine you’re a cow grazing under full sun on a hot August day. It’s 95 degrees ...

Researchers from the University of Rhode Island are transforming a sod farm into silvopasture — a type of agroforestry system that integrates trees and livestock — and learning many valuable lessons ...

This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. Josh Payne planted chestnut trees six years ago. The rows of nut trees haven’t ...

GHENT — Hawthorne Valley Farm (HVF) announces that it has planted more than 300 trees as part of a silvopasture project. Silvopasture is the incorporation of trees into farm field management in such a ...

In 2016, drought struck Steve Gabriel’s sheep farm. There was little grass and hay prices were climbing, so Gabriel and his wife, Elizabeth, fed their sheep brush from their forestland. “It saved us ...

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Because silvopasture is the combination and intersection of trees, livestock and pasture, farmers and ranchers are like an orchestra conductor when it comes to managing those three elements. So says ...

When farm environment adviser Luke Dale-Harris set about creating the Devon Silvopasture Network, helping farmers find ways to manage heat stress in their livestock was central to his thinking. There ...

To understand silvopasture, imagine you’re a cow grazing under full sun on a hot August day. It’s 95 degrees and the humidity is brutal. “Do you want to be out there eating a full buffet?” asked Joe ...