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Organized Proposal Session

Foundations for successfully integrating livestock into the woods through silvopasture

1 - Establishing Cool-Season Forages in Thinned Hardwood Forests: Planting, Production, and Nutritive Value

Saturday, October 28, 2023
10:00am - 10:30am PST
Location: A2
The presented work evaluated the yield and nutritive value of orchardgrass and novel-endophyte tall fescue established in thinned, previously unmanaged hardwood forest. The purpose of this work was to create data-based best management practices to support small beef farmers transitioning a portion of their forestland to silvopasture.

Learning Objectives:

  • Appreciate the struggles of beef farmers pursing forage establishment/creation of silvopasture in forestland.
  • Understand the steps in creating a seedbed in an existing hardwood forest.
  • Understand differences in productivity and nutritive value between novel-endophyte tall fescue and orchardgrass in a thinned hardwood forest.