FCS Agroforestry
Mike Strachan
Policy and Development Officer
June 13th 2013
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Overview
• Generic land Types
• Options to consider and possible funding
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Arable
• Generally highly productive land of class 3.2 and better
• Generally low lying and associated with the east coast of Scotland
• Generally low numbers of trees and biodiversity
• Generally the main diffuse pollution offenders
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Mixed
• Generally associated with land class 3.1 to 4• More trees as there is a recognition of the
shelter benefits, and also of better biodiversity value
• Provides options for silvo arable and silvo pasture.
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Livestock
• Generally associated with land class 4 and poorer
• More trees associated with this type of land as there is a recognition of their benefits
• More opportunities for woodland grazing systems
• Opportunities for converting woodlands to grazing
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Silvoarable options
• Not common in Scotland• Massive loss of hedges and trees over last 50
years which continues• EFA?
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Proposal
• Plant trees at 2m (maximum) centres as linear features utilising field margins
• Prune trees to achieve a minimum of 4m of clean stem (depending on species)
• Minimum of 500m of linear feature/property• Payment/tree.• Will not use any of the productive land
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Silvopasture
• Considerable scope on mixed and livestock farms
• Payment based on 250 trees/ha • Trees to be pruned to achieve a minimum of
4m of clean stem. (depending on species)
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Woodland grazing
• Currently over 21,000Ha claimed through IACS – woods not being managed
• FCS grant support for about 400ha – agreed management/grazing plans
• ‘Grant farming’ resulted in many poor woodlands
• Convert woodlands to grazing but need to establish an alternative area
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Silvoarable?
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Woodland Grazing
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Woodland Conversion?
