Why we focus on trees for livestock
[The above picture from the USGS shows the area in North America dedicated to crop production. It’s a lot.] At Trees For Graziers, we have determined to focus our attention first and foremost on the practice of silvopasture, and even more specifically on...
Updates to The Grazier’s Guide to Trees
Hey folks, I published the first edition of The Grazier’s Guide to Trees in January of 2022, exactly one year ago as I write this. In it I shared all that I knew at the time about the best practices for establishing silvopasture, focusing especially on planting...
A tree crop revolution for hogs and poultry
Let’s just say it how it is: pastured hog and poultry rearing have a big problem. Both are dependent on expensive inputs of annual feed crops, and are not yet living up to their full regenerative potential. A sort of grazing renaissance has taken place over the past...
What’s it worth? Comparing the cost of sugar from honey locust and molasses
I’m always trying to communicate the value of trees in a way that makes sense for graziers. Just how much is shade worth in dollars and cents? Can you put a price tag on nitrogen fixed in the soil? How about the value of honey locust pods? Honey locust pods can vary...
The best pasture in the country
It may come as a surprise to you that the most productive, best pasture in the country is not on some rich flat soil in the middle of Iowa, nor in the fertile rolling hills of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Rather, the best pasture in all of the United States may just...Products
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