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Cattle feeding on tree foliage

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Cattle feeding on tree foliage

In times of feed shortage, willow and poplar trees can provide valuable supplementary fodder. This may be from shelter belts or trees planted within paddocks.

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Allan Gillingham, Shelter on farms – Benefits of shelter, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15590/cattle-feeding-on-tree-foliage (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.