1995 Annual Report for FW95-057
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 1995: $898.50
Projected End Date: 12/31/1997
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $2,490.50
Region: Western
State: Washington
Principal Investigator:
R. Bruce Gregory
Mitchell Bay Farm & Nursery
Intensive Grazing in Asian Pear Orchards
Summary
In this project, the grower will design and install a high tensile electric fence system onto posts of an established Asian pear palmette trellis system to allow management-intensive grazing of sheep within the orchard. In addition, the grower will establish additional Asian pear plantings on palmette trellis outside of existing sheep/deer perimeter fencing to trial the new fencing system in open pasture areas currently available to rotational grazing by sheep and native deer. Mowing will be eliminated allowing a more sustainable environment for animal, insect, forage and orchard communities and better utilization of water resources.