Foundations for successfully integrating livestock into the woods through silvopasture

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Matthew Smith, PhD

  Research Program Lead
  USDA Forest Service - National Agroforestry Center
  SAF Working Group Officer
  Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Speaker(s)

• CN

  Christine Nieman, PhD (she/her/hers)

  USDA-ARS
  Booneville, Arkansas, United States
• AC

  Ashley Conway-Anderson, PhD, PAS (she/her/hers)

  University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry
  Columbia, Missouri, United States
• KE

  Kendra Esparza-Harris, MS (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Fellow
  Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri, United States

Silvopasture management is the deliberate integration of livestock into a forested system. Unlike the more passive approach of woodland grazing, silvopasture requires strategic management of trees, livestock, and forages simultaneously. This session seeks to explore some of the nuances required to successfully integrate livestock into the woods through silvopasture management.

Organized by the SAF Agroforestry Working Group.