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2016
PA Agroforestry: Learning, Connecting, Getting it Done - Rachel Reyna, PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry
2017
Agroforestry Nutrient Credit Trading in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Region - John Munsell, Virginia Tech
2018
Use of Livestock As a Form of Site Preparation during Silvopasture Establishment from Woodland - Joseph Orefice, Yale University
2019
Biometrics and Silvopasture: Analyzing the Growth and Yield of Agroforestry Systems In Response to Tree Density - Kenneth Dunn, NCSU
Management Inputs and Outcomes from Forest Grazing, Silvopasture, and Just Turning Cattle into the Woods - Sid Brantly, Three-Cross Farms
New Agroforestry Working Group in the American Southwest - Andrew Mason, USDA Forest Service and National Agroforestry Center (retired)
Specialty Crop Development for Midwest Agroforestry - Gregory Ormsby Mori, University of Missouri
2021
Developing Farmer Typologies to Inform Conservation Outreach in Agricultural Landscapes - Suraj Upadhaya, Iowa State University
2022
Modeling Growth and Establishment of Plantation and Converted Agroforestry Silvopasture Systems in the Missouri Ozarks - Bailee Suedmeyer, Missouri State University
Household Incentives to Establish Tree Cover on Agricultural Lands in Andhra Pradesh, India - Stella Schons, Virginia Tech
2023
Three years of the Northeast Forest Farmers Coalition: Building a Community of Practice - Walker Cammack, Smokey House Center and Karam Sheban, Yale School of the Environment
Under the Canopy: Exploring Woodland Silvopasture Establishment as a Land Management Option for Forested Landowners With Livestock - Ashley Conway-Anderson, Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri
Under the Canopy: Perceptions and Practices of Woodland Silvopasture among Missouri Livestock Producers and Landowners - Kendra Esparza-Harris, Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri
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PA Agroforestry: Learning, Connecting, Getting it Done
Open to view video. | 20 minutes
Open to view video. | 20 minutes
Learn about the recent successes of the fledgling PA Agroforestry Program and how you can take those ideas back to your neck of the woods: In particular, we will discuss our very first agroforestry-based stewardship plan and an Agroforestry training for technical service providers that benefitted the entire Northeast region. Presented by Rachel Reyna, PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry at the 2016 SAF National Convention in Madison, WI.
Agroforestry Nutrient Credit Trading in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Region
Open to view video. | 28 minutes
Open to view video. | 28 minutes
The size and distribution of non-timber forest product harvests and the value and trends in raw material are often unknown. RootReport was created to systematically measure these parameters for medicinal plants harvested in eastern deciduous forests. Results show trade range, product value, harvest amounts, and harvest distribution by FIA zones. Presented by John Munsell, Virginia Tech at the 2017 SAF National Convention in Albuquerque, NM.
Use of Livestock As a Form of Site Preparation during Silvopasture Establishment from Woodland
Open to view video. | 34 minutes
Open to view video. | 34 minutes
Conversion of farm woodland to silvopasture is gathering interest in the northeastern United States. Farmers often turn toward livestock impact as a method of vegetation management and site preparation. However, the use of livestock, such as hogs and goats and cattle, to remove vegetation and prepare soil is not well understood by farmers or foresters. This presentation will draw on research and practice to discuss the negative impacts that can result from livestock during site preparation. This presentation will also provide examples of successful management strategies for the use of livestock as a vegetation management tool. Presented by Joseph Orefice, Yale University at the 2018 SAF National Convention in Portland, OR.
Biometrics and Silvopasture: Analyzing the Growth and Yield of Agroforestry Systems in Response to Tree Density
Open to view video. | 22 minutes
Open to view video. | 22 minutes
Silvopasture, the integration of trees, forage and livestock into a single agronomic system, has become an increasingly popular practice throughout North America. While the management regime is still under refinement, those who use silvopasture seek to diversify their income by having multiple products to sell over a given time frame. In 2012, a 20-acre (8.09 ha) silvopastoral system was established at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems in Goldsboro, NC. The demonstration consisted of planting loblolly pine (Pinus tadea) using a simple block design, with four repeating blocks of loblolly, each consisting of a different tree spacing. Block 1 was planted with 10ft x 10ft spacing (435 Trees per acre), Block 2 with an 8ft x 10ft spacing (544 Trees per acre), Block 3 with an 8ft x 8 ft spacing (680 Trees per acre), and Block 4 with a 6ft x 10ft spacing (726 Trees per acre). Planted next to each block are native warm-season grasses, Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), Eastern Gamma grass (Tripsacum dactyloides), Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) and Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi). These grasses were each planted in 40-foot alley ways (12.1 m), directly adjacent to each block of loblolly. Average tree height for each block ranges from 24-27 feet (7.3-8.2 m) and average diameter from 5.8-7 inches (14.7-17 cm). Projections indicate that tighter spacings produce lower timber yields over a 25-year sawtimber rotation. Conversely, wider spacings maximize timber revenue over a 25-year rotation but are apt to have a more adverse impact on forage because more land area. Presented by Kenneth Dunn, NCSU at the 2019 SAF National Convention in Louisville, KY.
Management Inputs and Outcomes from Forest Grazing, Silvopasture, and Just Turning Cattle into the Woods
Open to view video. | 30 minutes
Open to view video. | 30 minutes
Some of the currently recognized silvi-pastoral concepts have been in practice for centuries in different parts of the world. Others have been in developmental states for only a few decades. This presentation presents the range of recognized inputs into: (1) Managed, forest grazing, (2) Silvopasture, (3) Managed, turning livestock into the woods, and (4) Unmanaged, turning livestock into the woods. When these four "practices" are viewed from a management perspective, there is little if any overlap between the practices. Just as the range of recognized inputs needed to categorize management in these 4 groups differs, the range of outcomes that are realized by the manager and the landscape differ. Two of these categories offer potential benefit to the landscape, one offers potential benefit to the livestock without negative impact on the resource base and the landscape, and one offers only minor benefit to the livestock with significan negative impact to the resource base, the landscape, and the livestock. This program is presented from a limited-scale, practitioner basis. Presented by Sid Brantly, Three-Cross Farms, at the 2019 SAF National Convention, Louisville, KY.
New Agroforestry Working Group in the American Southwest
Open to view video. | 20 minutes
Open to view video. | 20 minutes
The Southwest Agroforestry Action Network (SWAAN) is bringing together natural resource professionals and practitioners from a wide range of organizations (conservation districts, extension, permaculture institutes, Tribal, state & federal agencies, and universities) to share information, connect potential collaborators/partners, and generate ideas, research, project initiatives that will advance adoption of agroforestry in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. The scope of forest-agricultural activities considered by SWAAN is broad, including those used by: 1) agricultural producers, often installed with USDA technical and/or financial assistance (alley cropping, forest farming/multi-story cropping, riparian forest buffers, silvopasture, and windbreaks/shelterbelts); 2) indigenous peoples; 3) settlers on Spanish and Mexican Land Grants; as well as 4) permaculture; and 5) “food forests” in community/urban settings. Since its first teleconference in April 2018, SWAAN has met multiple times and had its first face-to-face meeting, June 4-6, 2019 in Farmington, New Mexico. SWAAN is beginning the development of a geographic database of agroforestry research and demonstration sites in the Southwest.
Results are presented from the June 2019 face-to-face meeting, which include a charter for SWAAN that identifies its mission, vision, strategic goals, key partners, and how it will operate. Examples are illustrated of ongoing agroforestry research (e.g., hybrid poplars) and applied practices in the Southwest. We believe the establishment of SWAAN is a unique opportunity to bring together a diverse group of interested parties to share information, increase understanding, and advance adoption of both “modern” and “traditional/indigenous” agroforestry practices and systems. Presented by Andrew Mason, USDA Forest Service and National Agroforestry Center (retired), at the 2019 SAF National Convention, Louisville, KY.
Specialty Crop Development for Midwest Agroforestry
Open to view video. | 27 minutes
Open to view video. | 27 minutes
U.S. agricultural and rural communities face ongoing challenges - economic and environmental, that threaten the sustainability of small family farms. Specialty fruit and nut crops and Non-Timber Forest Products produced in agroforestry systems may help to introduce environmentally, economically and socially sustainable agricultural systems that create new opportunities for farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and families in rural communities. The Center for Agroforestry’s (UMCA) specialty crop development program includes work on pecans, chestnuts, black walnuts, elderberry, pawpaw, pine straw, shiitake and other forest grown mushrooms and medicinal plants. Following an integrated, comprehensive, long-term approach UMCA model involves cultivar selection and breeding, testing field production techniques, market and consumer studies, sound financial decision support tools and grower training to bring specialty crops into the sustainable agriculture mainstream. Marketing of niche specialty crops may present opportunities for small producers but is more likely to achieve success when “pulled” along by market forces and following a market-oriented approach. However, lack of detailed market information, presents challenges. An important tool guiding UMCA market research is the Porter Five Forces Model (Porter1980), useful for analyzing competition within an industry among producers, bargaining power of suppliers and buyers, potential for substitutes and threat of new entrants and the interaction between these “forces.” Another important dimension of UMCA’s work includes phytochemical research to elucidate and test unique compounds with potential for value-added products. This presentation provides an overview and update on UMCA’s ongoing efforts to develop specialty crops for use in agroforestry systems in the Midwest. Presented by Gregory Ormsby Mori, University of Missouri, at the 2019 SAF National Convention, Louisville, KY.
Developing Farmer Typologies to Inform Conservation Outreach in Agricultural Landscapes
Open to view video. | 11 minutes
Open to view video. | 11 minutes
Understanding factors that motivate conservation behavior among farmers is crucial to addressing societal, soil, water, and wildlife conservation goals. Farmers employ soil conservation practices to maintain agricultural productivity while minimizing impacts to water and wildlife in the long-term. The majority of the conservation programs are voluntary in nature and some farmers are more willing and/or able to implement conservation practices than others. To inform the development of more effective conservation outreach and incentive programs, we created a farmer typology using data from three waves (2015, 2016, 2018) of a longitudinal survey of 358 farmers from Iowa, a highly productive agricultural state in the U.S. Midwest. Using multivariate analysis (Principal Component Analysis, and Cluster Analysis), we employed 26 summated scale variables measuring largely unobservable and latent constructs related to conservation, including awareness, attitudes, beliefs, and perceived motivations and barriers to practice adoption. Through this analysis, we identified four types of farmers-Conservationists, Deliberative, Productivists, and Traditionalists—based on the salient characteristics of each group. “Conservationist” farmers scored highest on measures of stewardship motivations and identity. “Deliberative” farmers appeared to be favorably disposed toward conservation, but also seem to consider agronomic and economic impediments more than other groups. “Productivist” farmers had the highest scores on profit motivation and emphasis on input use. “Traditionalist” farmers reported being heavily influenced by family members and scored highest on social and regulatory influence on conservation motivations. Detailed understanding of between-groups differences on key conservation-related factors can contribute to developing targeted messages for specific subgroups of a given population, potentially resulting in higher adoption of voluntary conservation programs in Iowa and beyond. Presented by Suraj Upadhaya from Iowa State University at the 2021 SAF Virtual Convention.
Modeling Growth and Establishment of Plantation and Converted Agroforestry Silvopasture Systems in the Missouri Ozarks
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Select the "View Video" button to begin. | 26 minutes
Key points include usefulness of UAS multispectral data for predicting growth and climate stress on trees, monitoring canopy closure and tree growth rates following conversion to silvopasture, establishment and success for black walnut plantation silvopasture, and using developed methods for planning and management for silvopasture in the long-term. Presented by Bailee Suedmeyer, Missouri State University at the 2022 SAF National Convention in Baltimore, MD.
Household Incentives to Establish Tree Cover on Agricultural Lands in Andhra Pradesh, India
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Select the "View Video" button to begin. | 27 minutes
The incentives of farming households in tropical developing countries to establish tree plantations on private land (often called ‘trees outside of forests’ or TOF) is a relatively understudied topic. This paper presents the incentives of farmers to establish forest cover on agricultural land in Andhra Pradesh, India. Presented by Stella Schons, Virginia Tech at the 2022 SAF National Convention in Baltimore, MD.
Three Years of the Northeast Forest Farmers Coalition: Building a Community of Practice
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Select the "View Video" button to begin. | 30 minutes
In this presentation, project leaders of the Northeast Forest Farmers Coalition (NFFC) reflect on three years of effort building a community of practice around forest farming in the Northeast. They cover project accomplishments and share perspective on the future of forest farming work in the region. Presented by Walker Cammack, Smokey House Center and Karam Sheban, Yale School of the Environment at the 2023 SAF National Convention in Sacramento, CA.
Under the Canopy: Exploring Woodland Silvopasture Establishment as a Land Management Option for Forested Landowners With Livestock
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Select the "View Video" button to begin. | 29 minutes
We explore the ecological dynamics of a previously unmanaged Ozark woodland using silvicultural management techniques (midstory removal, prescribed fire, seeding native forages, logging) with the end goal of forage establishment for silvopasture. This study is part of a long-term project assessing the impact of grazing and silvopasture management in woodlands. Presented by Ashley Conway-Anderson, University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry at the 2023 SAF National Convention in Sacramento, CA.
Under the Canopy: Perceptions and Practices of Woodland Silvopasture among Missouri Livestock Producers and Landowners
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Select the "View Video" button to begin. | 26 minutes
Missouri livestock producers and forest landowners were surveyed to understand their forest management practices as related to their livestock management. Survey questions queried current perceptions and practices with regard to grazing livestock in wooded areas, and their understanding of silvopastoral practices. Presented by Kendra Esparza-Harris, Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri at the 2023 SAF National Convention in Sacramento, CA.