Silvopasture: 30 Years of Applying Research and Innovation

Produced by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System Silvopasture is an agroforestry practice that integrates livestock, forage production, and forestry on the same management unit. These systems are deliberately designed and managed to produce high-value timber products for the long term while also providing short-term annual economic benefit from a livestock component through management of forage or an annual crop. Cattle and timber are affected by different market pressures. Silvopasture allows