Forage hedges

Implementation

Long term

Sustainability components

  • GHG emissions
  • Air quality
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Animal welfare
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Technical feasibility

Climate risk region

Atlantic
Atlantic

Weather event addressed

Drought
Very high temperatures / Heat wave

Farming system

ANIMALS
Animals

Description of the measure

Forage hedges

Comments on sustainability

Woody trees are a potential untapped summer forage resource (black locust, ash, white mulberry, elm, etc.). Their valuation within the fodder system can therefore make it possible to take over from "classic" fodder resources during periods of deficits in summer.