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.

Fall Calving Season May Yield Higher Returns for Southeastern Beef Producers

Posted On 06/24/2017

via the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture: The vast majority of cow-calf producers in Tennessee and the Southeast using a defined calving season have…

Grazing Workshop Recap

Posted On 10/22/2015

It began more with a zap than a bang: a zap that left around a thousand people in the Poteau area without power on a…

How Many Days of Hay?

Posted On 11/20/2014

Have you started feeding hay yet? Do you wish you could've waited longer, or could quit earlier? See how the Kerr Center livestock program tries…

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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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