Resources

Farming and Gardening

Biochar

Two-Barrel Nested Biochar Retort

Exploring Biochar

A Few Facts about Biochar

What is Biochar? (slideshow describing how to make biochar)

Composting

On-Farm Composting Resource List
(OKBFRP handout – Luke Freeman, March 2012)

Composting and Vermicomposting (packet)

On-Farm Mortality Composting of Livestock Carcasses (OCES Fact Sheet BAE-1749)

Oklahoma-Arkansas Compost Source Guide
(Luke Freeman - Resilient Farmer Workshop, April 2012)

Resource Guide to Soil Biology and the Soil Foodweb
(Steve Diver - Resilient Farmer Workshop, April 2012)

Ten Facts about the Soil Foodweb
(Steve Diver - Resilient Farmer Workshop, April 2012)

Estimated Nutrient Credits for Dairy Manure Compost
(Steve Diver - Resilient Farmer Workshop, April 2012)

Managing Organic Matter for Soil Health & Fertility
(Steve Diver - Resilient Farmer Workshop, April 2012)

Cover Crops

Cover Crops for Soil Improvement in Crops (fs)
by Alan Ware.

Low-Till Vegetable Production: Cover Crops for Oklahoma (fs)
by Doug Walton. (from Future Farms 2002 Proceeding)

Rotations, Cover Crops, and Green Fallow on the Cannon Horticulture Project: A 2010 Status Report

Cannon Organic Horticulture Demonstration Plot Rotation Scheme
(OKBFRP handout –May 2012)

Cover Crops and Green Manures (packet)

Market Gardening & Vegetable Production

Drip and Micro Irrigation Suppliers
(OKBFRP handout –May 2012)

2011 Flour and Meal Corn Demonstration

2011 Organic No-Till Pumpkin Demonstration
Demonstration planting of pumpkins in SE Oklahoma: grown organically, no-till, some heirloom varieties, with summer cover crop comparison; color photos, variety descriptions, production methods, 8 pgs, sources.

2012 Three Sisters Trial

Vegetable Crop Irrigation Chart
(OKBFRP handout –May 2012)

Drip Irrigation (packet)

Heritage Vegetables & Seed Saving (packet)

Pest Management

ODAFF Unwanted Pesticide Disposal Program
This program allows any Oklahoma farmer, rancher, or homeowner to dispose of up to 2,500 pounds of pesticides free of charge. There are approximately three to four collections each year at different locations around the state.

Ecological Pest Management Database
This database, maintained by ATTRA, can be searched by pest name and pest type to find "biorational" treatment methods, including microbial and plant-derived pesticides, and beneficial organisms.

Elements of Organic Farming: Weed, Insect, & Disease Management
(OKBFRP presentation - George Kuepper, July 2012)

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Sustainable Pest Control (packet)
In July 2009, pest management specialists from the Kerr Center and OSU Extension conducted workshops on integrated pest management (IPM) in three different locations around the state. Copies of the presentations given during the workshops are now available online, along with a web-linked list of the contents of the binders given out during the workshop.

Pesticides: Safety, Handling, and Application
(OKBFRP presentation - George Kuepper, July 2012)

Steel in the Field: A Farmer’s Guide to Weed Management Tools
Provides information about how each implement works, rates each tool’s usefulness in certain conditions, identifies problems other farmers have faced and how to get more information. First published in 1997, this revised 2002 version includes updated tool sources with World Wide Web sites, updated contact information for experts and current tool prices. Available in both HTML and pdf versions.
(Published by the Sustainable Agriculture Network, with funding from SARE; 2002)

Supply and Equipment List
(OKBFRP handout –May 2012)

Supply and Equipment List
(OKBFRP handout – July 2012)

Using OSU Extension for Pest ID
(OKBFRP presentation - Jacob Delahoussaye, July 2012)

Weeder Geese: A Practical Alternative to Herbicides (packet)
(call Kerr Center at 918-647-9123 to order)

Season Extension

Sorghum

Trees

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