Event
Agroforestry and its benefits for livestock health and welfare
This NFFN webinar explores the many benefits trees can bring to livestock systems.
Led by Lindsay Whistance, this webinar looks at the many benefits trees can bring to livestock systems, including:
- Increased productivity
- Nutritional and medicinal properties of tree fodder
- Enhanced livestock welfare
We’ll also hear from Geraint Jones, Forestry and farm woodland Specialist at Farming Connect, who will discuss exciting on-farm trial results.
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Dr Lindsay Whistance is Senior Livestock Researcher at the Organic Research Centre. Her research interests include behaviour, welfare, human-animal relationships, and ecologically resilient systems which promote ‘a life worth living’ for farm animals. Current research includes investigating the role of trees in temperature regulation, body maintenance benefits and the nutritional/medicinal opportunities from browse as well as methods of feeding and processing tree fodder.
Geraint Jones is the Forestry and Farm Woodland Specialist for Farming Connect. Bringing a wealth of practical experience and technical knowledge, Geraint’s role involves working with Farming Connect’s demonstration network to facilitate knowledge transfer for farmers and foresters on a variety of topics. He aims to support businesses in the farming sector to develop and increase efficiency and profitability, while also helping them identify opportunities for environmental and economic prosperity.
This event has been made possible with thanks to Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, with support from Players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
