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A well-treed farm that provides high quality shade and shelter for stock may be more attractive to farmers who want to lease land for agistment. Properly designed shelterbelts and stock havens have been proven to increase lambing rates, enhance live weight gain of stock, increase milk yields, and improve ram and ewe fertility.

For tree growers without their own stock, agistment not only provides a useful income while the trees are growing but may help in controlling weeds and reducing the fire hazard. Care must be taken to ensure that stock don’t damage the trees. Stock may not only browse the foliage they can chew into the bark or even rub or push on the trees. Sheep are often less damaging to young trees than cattle although all types of stock grazing amongst trees should be carefully monitored for damage. Farmers should take particular care during the early part of the growing season when the pasture is fresh and the sap is running in the trees. The high quality food allows for increased consumption of roughage and the sweet sap running down the tree stems can be attractive to stock.
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