10/23/2026
Busy day of "ruining some perfectly good farmland" here, as I heard one farmer once put it, by planting new trees into shadeless pastures using the "overpass" system perfected by our friends at Trees for Graziers where the grow tubes are electrified on the outside to protect the vulnerable young hardwoods inside from both deer and livestock alike.
These silvopasture plantings are part of inaugural research & demonstration trials at a number of local grazing farms, led by the agroforestry folks at SUNY ESF and Upper Susquehanna Coalition . Here's to shadier pastures and more comfy cows!