ATTRA Resources on Sustainable/Organic Beef Production

This is a list of ATTRA publications related to sustainable and organic beef production.

ATTRA Resources on Beef Production

Legumes Lead the Way to Lower Water Use in Livestock Production

Posted On 06/23/2019

Leguminous crops with a reputation for deep thirst may prove key to helping livestock producers make better use of water.

Help Your Calves Hit the Ground Healthy

Posted On 03/02/2015

Bottle-fed calves may be cute, but as anyone who's kept one can attest, they're a nuisance - and worse, a drain on time and profits.…

Native Prairie Prescribed Burn

Posted On 03/24/2017

March fires bring April flowers - if the rains are right! This spring the Kerr Center conducted a prescribed burn of an eight-acre native prairie,…

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How to Direct Market Your Beef

This is a book, published by SARE, used in the livestock track of the Oklahoma Beginning Farmer & Rancher Program.

Management Intensive Grazing

This is a report on the Kerr Center’s experience with management intensive grazing (MIG). It defines MIG, explains and demonstrates how to calculate grazing period, rest period, and stock density, and summarizes two Kerr Center…

Layout and Design of Grazing Systems

This is a book chapter, used in the livestock track of the Oklahoma Beginning Farmer & Rancher Program, that discusses how to divide a farm into paddocks for rotational grazing. It covers soil and water…

Enough Grass to Make Your Head… Rotate

This is an article from the summer 2005 issue of Field Notes. It explains the basic principles behind rotational or management intensive grazing.

Soil Health and How it Relates to Healthy Cattle

This presentation covers simple soil health monitoring techniques, basic soil science, and sustainable livestock management.

ATTRA Resources on Sustainable/Organic Beef Production

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