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Great News! We have been approved for two grants to help us develop a rotational silvopasture system here at the farm. Silvopasture is a term describing a thinned stand of trees with pasture growing underneath. Basically, it provides two uses for one piece of land: growing timber and grazing animals. Read more about silvopasture at: http://www.silvopasture.org/.
 The first grant is from Parteners for Fish and Wildlife, and will costshare the materials and labor for a stream fencing project. Although the Pineywoods Cattle are less heavy and more nimble than most cattle, it is still important for stream health to keep them off of the fragile streambanks.
The second grant is through the NRCS program EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program), and will help us create fencing for grazing rotation, establish pasture after thinning the trees, control invasive weed species such as privet and kudzu, pipe water to the pastures and protect wetlands.
We are so excited to have these grants which give us the opportunity to create a working silvopasture system on the Farm with our Pineywoods herd.
Here James is marking a short-leaf pine to let the loggers know to leave it.
Short-leaf pines are less common on our property and we want to maintain as much diversity as possible.
 Difference between short-leaf and yellow pine.
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USDA(NRCS) and PFW Grantsposted Oct 6, 2010 7:43 AM by Daniella Adams [ updated Oct 6, 2010 8:19 AM ] |