Silvopasture Forest Conversion Workshop
Overview

Join us for a full-day workshop focused on converting forests to Silvopasture. We will discuss key points to thinning your woods.

Silvopasture is an Agroforestry Practice of integrating trees, forage, and rotationally grazed livestock into one system. This can involve planting trees in pasture, or thinning trees in the woods, and establishing grasses.

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension Columbia-Greene, Ulster County educators, along with Forester Jeff Jourdain, for a full day of Converting Forest to Silvopasture at the Agroforestry Resource Center. The workshop will have a Forest to Silvopasture focus and topics to be discussed: planning, equipment, follow-through, and economics of thinning your woods. In the afternoon, we plan to head across the street to Siuslaw Model Forest, where we can identify and discuss site selection and assessment. Along the way, educators will discuss managing livestock, species selection, benefits, and what resources are available. This workshop is for farmers, landowners, and service providers who are practicing Silvopasture in the forest or are interested in applying or teaching these concepts.

Lunch and handouts are included; part of this workshop is outside, so dress appropriately for the weather.

Join us for a full-day workshop focused on converting forests to Silvopasture. We will discuss key points to thinning your woods.

Silvopasture is an Agroforestry Practice of integrating trees, forage, and rotationally grazed livestock into one system. This can involve planting trees in pasture, or thinning trees in the woods, and establishing grasses.

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension Columbia-Greene, Ulster County educators, along with Forester Jeff Jourdain, for a full day of Converting Forest to Silvopasture at the Agroforestry Resource Center. The workshop will have a Forest to Silvopasture focus and topics to be discussed: planning, equipment, follow-through, and economics of thinning your woods. In the afternoon, we plan to head across the street to Siuslaw Model Forest, where we can identify and discuss site selection and assessment. Along the way, educators will discuss managing livestock, species selection, benefits, and what resources are available. This workshop is for farmers, landowners, and service providers who are practicing Silvopasture in the forest or are interested in applying or teaching these concepts.

Lunch and handouts are included; part of this workshop is outside, so dress appropriately for the weather.

Good to know

Highlights

  • 6 hours 30 minutes
  • In person

Refund Policy

No refunds

Location

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties: Agroforestry Resource Center

6055 New York 23

Acra, NY 12405

How do you want to get there?

Map
Organized by
CCE of Columbia and Greene Counties
Followers--
Events224
Hosting6 years
Report this event