Adam Alexander

I need to remove a lot of wild parsnip and want to do it without chemicals.  Too much to dig, some will be mowed but some is in areas mower cant go.  What natural items can i spray on it to kill them???

I didn't realize they have such deep taproots.  I guess that's why they are pioneer trees.  I'm glad to know they are working so hard.  Also great to know how beneficial they will be even after they are gone.  I can certainly find plenty that are still small enough to transplant but still not sure if I should use them for our windbreak.  As far as pruning is concerned the biggest are 50 ft tall and I'm not a fan of heights so I won't be able to prune them enough I'm afraid.  The main reason I originally planned on using them for our windbreak is because they are free and money is always a deciding factor.  I also considered using willow and mulberry cuttings (also free) to make a living fence but I don't think it would work as good for windbreak and would be a more time consuming project.  Our land hasn't been farmed forever which means nature has already been working hard at repairing previous damage done and the overall health is great. Unfortunately it also means that I am nearly starting from scratch and always have more projects to do than time and money allow.  

Hello and thanks in advance for any advice you can give.  I am just getting started on designing our maps and I am needing to figure out what I should do with my red cedar trees.  My property is 80 acres of rolling hills in Southern Iowa and I have hundreds of red cedar trees (juniper) taking over the pasture in areas.  
Our house, yard, and future food forest are located on the top of a hill with no trees or bushes.  The weather here can be incredibly windy so I figured I should create a windbreak on the north and west.  Since I have red cedar of all sizes I intended to just transplant a bunch to make the windbreak but now cedar apple rust has me not knowing where to go next.  There's one big old apple tree on the property that has c.a.r. but it must be tolerant bc the leaves showed some stress but it still produced a bunch of great apples although some were misshapened.  Theres a couple patches of wild plums that didn't produce a single good plum because of c.a.r.  Which of course means I have red cedars infected with c.a.r. everywhere.  The red cedars are incredibly important for wildlife here and theres no way I can remove them all from my property, but some definitely have to go.
So now all the questions...  Is treating hundreds of trees realistic and is it expensive?  How long will it take to remove the infection from my property?  Even once cured will the infection just return bc of trees not on my property?  Does this ruin my plan to use red cedar as a windbreak and anywhere near my food forest?   Or does it make more sense to just accept c.a.r. on my property and only purchase c.a.r. resistant varieties?  Is there a lot of c.a.r. resistant options or will this make it difficult for me to stock my food forest?  C.a.r. affects apples, plums, and cherries correct?  Is there others too?