Watering Systems

This is a presentation by Brian Freking from the livestock track of the Oklahoma Beginning Farmer & Rancher Program. It covers paddock design, water requirements for cattle, lanes, stabilized stream crossings, fenced pond access points, gravity flow, solar powered pumping, and portable water systems.

Watering Systems

Wildfire Preparedness

Posted On 02/19/2020

Numerous free resources are readily available to help each and every one of us increase our wildfire preparedness. Find out what you can do today!

Placing Temporary Fences

Posted On 02/19/2018

In last month's livestock article, we talked about how to estimate the amount of available forage in a pasture. Once we have that estimate, we…

Gravity Flow Watering from Ponds

Posted On 07/10/2017

One key point of the Kerr Center livestock program's approach to water management is, as much as possible, to take the water to the cattle…

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New Use for Old Tires

This fact sheet explains why the Kerr Center livestock program uses old tires from heavy equipment as watering tanks, and describes the process of preparing and installing them.

Watering Systems for Serious Graziers

This Missouri NRCS publication covers in detail all aspects of water supply for livestock under rotational grazing management.

Grazing Management Basics

This presentation covers grazing systems and their benefits, grazing terms and calculations, pasture design, and grazing strategies.

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.

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This presentation includes a detailed discussion of vaccines, discusses managing both immunity levels and disease exposure, and addresses the effect of difficult births.

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