Implementación de un sistema silvopastoril bajo un modelo de ganadería regenerativa en la granja experimental Villa Marina.

Abstract

The establishment of trees and bushes in the pastures where the animals graze considerably reduces thermal stress thanks to the shade they offer. They also provide fruits and leaves that are used as food. This makes the silvopastoral system the ideal complement for regenerative livestock farming. . It is a system that helps farmers produce and make more use of the food found in the pastures, in an economical, profitable, sustainable way, providing environmental benefits, significantly improving the quality of life and productivity of the animals. This document shows how the implementation of a silvopastoral system under a regenerative livestock model improves the growth potential of plants, the composition of the soil, minimizing and even eliminating the use of agrochemicals and fertilizers since the feces and urine of These help to fertilize, thanks to the constant rotation, soil compaction is considerably reduced, food consumption is better and greater since it becomes a competition and they consume everything that is in the grazing area, including most of the plants that are considered weeds, also helping to reduce diseases and the spread of ectoparasites in cattle. The regenerative livestock model carried out at the Villa Marina Experimental Farm consisted of the daily rotation of the cattle through alleys delimited with electrical tape in which the animals remained for a certain time, depending on the animals' consumption. This gave us the expected results both in the establishment of new pastures, the physical change and weight gain of the animals which was very noticeable and satisfactory, the adaptation of the animals to the rotations was rapid that we even had the belt electricity without current and the animals did not leave the alley in which they were waiting until the tape was run. The fertilization of the soil was carried out with the same flour and manure that the animals left as they passed through the pastures. The presence of dung beetles and earthworms could not be seen successfully since the animals are dewormed with invermectin, which is a dewormer that affects the degradation of feces and negative wood affects the beetle.