Materials from the May 17 pollinator conservation workshop, held at the Kerr Center’s Stewardship Farm & Ranch near Poteau, are now available free online from the Kerr Center website. Jennifer Hopwood, Midwest Pollinator Conservation Specialist for the Xerces Society, led the workshop. The Xerces Society works to conserve invertebrates, with a strong focus on native…
The main focus of current grazing management efforts is to remove the last of the cool-season forages to open up pastures for warm-season growth. The cattle are grazing in tight rotation to either consume or trample these forages. In addition, parts of several pastures (Good Cow, Ag Reasearch, Cavanal, Mesonet area, and Rock Creek) have…
New Kids on the Ranch: photo essay With kidding season almost complete, here’s a photo essay by livestock assistant Erin Campbell-Craven of the new kids at the Kerr Ranch…stay tuned for updates!
The Horticulture Projects have shifted into full gear with this warm spring weather and the addition of two new, enthusiastic interns. Katie Kilpatrick has joined us from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and Jacob Delahoussaye has come up from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. We have been busy building a compost pile for our…
Homeschoolers Tour Kids and parents from an association of homeschoolers in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma visited the center on May 4. Kerr staff talked to the kids about the center’s goats, pigs, and chickens as well as planting seeds and organic growing. Mary Penick, Luke Freeman, Erin Campbell-Craven, Andy Makovy and Hannah Daniels from the…
On Thursday, May 17, the Xerces Society (with support from SSARE) conducted a training for agriculture and conservation professionals (such as NRCS and Extension) and producers of insect-pollinated crops. Participants learned about the importance of pollinator conservation and how to identify and understand pollinators and pollinator habitat. The training took place at the Kerr Center. For more…
Crimson and clover, over and over…clovers add nitrogren to the soil and habitat for pollinators….at the Cannon Hort Project on the Kerr Ranch.
Materials from April 28’s Resilient Farmer workshop at the Kerr Center are now available from the Soil Building section of the Farming & Gardening Resources page. Featured speaker Steve Diver spoke throughout the day about about compost, soil quality, and building healthy soil. The Kerr Center website features details about the center’s certified organic horticulture…
Kerr Center: day to day on the farm & ranch 