Angus Glen Farms practice a type of agroforestry known as silvopasture.
This practice is a blend of the sustainable production of livestock, forage, and trees on the same land. Maintaining both farm and forest while managing water and nutrients increases long-term income and protects soil and streams. Angus Glen Farms is a 300 acre operation located in Watkins Glen, New York. The farm has 80 cow-calf pairs of Angus cattle grown for seed-stock and grass-fed beef production. They practice a form of agroforestry called silvopasture. This practice integrates forest, forage, and livestock management on the same land. The goal is to sustainably produce timber and livestock, improve resiliency to weather extremes, and conserve natural resources.
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"We know that forests, generally any kind of forested ecosystem and trees, are resilient to extreme weather events like droughts and floods... So, forests moderate the climate and will help us in our agricultural production."
- Steve Gabriel, Agroforestry Extension Specialist, Cornell Small Farms Program
Available resources from this tour:
- Silvopasturing in New York (Cornell University Cooperative Extension)
- Using Goats for Vegetation Management in the Northeast (Cornell University Cooperative Extension)
- Nutrient Management for Pastures (Cornell University Cooperative Extension)
- Working Trees Info: How Can Agroforestry Help Landowners Adapt to Increased Rain Intensity? (USDA National Agroforestry Center)
- Working Trees Info: What Are Agroforestry’s Income Opportunities? (USDA National Agroforestry Center)
- Working Trees Info: Mitigating Heat Stress in Cattle (USDA National Agroforestry Center)
- The Impact of Shade on Weight Gain, Milk Production, Reproduction, and Fertility (Cornell University Cooperative Extension)
- Silvopasture Blog
- Pasture Management: Are maple leaves toxic to horses? (University of Minnesota Extension)
- Water Quality (USDA National Agroforestry Center)
- Oswego River/Finger Lakes Watershed Map
- Form: Evaluating the Potential of a Site for Silvopasture Development(Cornell University Cooperative Extension)
- Agroforestry Notes: Forest Grazing, Silvopasture, and Turning Livestock into the Woods (USDA National Agroforestry Center)
- Agroforestry Notes: Silvopasture Water and Fencing Systems for Cattle (USDA National Agroforestry Center)
- Silvopasture: An Agroforestry Practice (USDA National Agroforestry Center)
- Silvopoasture Online Training Course (USDA National Agroforestry Center)
- Rotational Grazing
- Thinning Forests for Silvopasture
- Converting Pasture to Silvopasture