Tire Tanks: Installation

In this video, Kerr Center Livestock Program Assistant Daryl Davis demonstrates how to plumb an old tire converted for use as a watering tank.

Grass Beats Gas? Fertilizer Industry Methane Emissions Vastly Underestimated

Posted On 07/21/2019

According to newly published research, fertilizer industry methane emissions are one hundred times higher than previously reported. Cattle on pasture release less methane and need less fertilizer!

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…

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.…

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Livestock Workshop Recap – June 2018

Fifteen participants absorbed a concentrated dose of education on sustainable livestock management at the Kerr Center’s grazing workshop on June 9, 2018. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma sponsored the workshop. This summary of the workshop…

Organic Before Organic Was Cool: Oklahoma Rancher Raises Profits on Pasture

This article, from the summer 2004 issue of Field Notes, profiles Oklahoma rancher Walt Davis, who switched to low-input rotational grazing to reduce costs, only to find his pastures diversifying and his operation qualifying for…

Ranch Management Practices to Improve Water Quality

This Oklahoma Producer Grant project fact sheet describes several practices – including permanent sod, limited-access watering points, and buffer strips – to improve water quality in ponds.

Livestock Workshop Recap

The livestock workshop at the Kerr Ranch on June 4, 2016, was a highly educational and informative event. For those unable to attend – or for those who did but would like a refresher –…

Livestock Watering Systems, Riparian Areas, and Pond Maintenance

This presentation by David Redhage discusses practical considerations for fencing livestock out of streams, laying out watering systems for rotational grazing, setting up siphon systems for gravity-fed watering from ponds, and protecting stream crossings and…

Tire Tanks: Installation

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