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Duke Tate was born in Flowood, Mississippi in 1980 to Ken and Charme Tate. He is married to the lovely Wiphawan Tate and the couple have two sons, Chirayu and Phiraphat.
The author of 12 books in 4 languages, his book The Alchemy of Architecture: Memories and Insights from Ken Tate was released in 2020 and selected for The London Times Literary Supplement s 2020 Books of the Year List. It has also Duke Tate was born in Flowood, Mississippi in 1980 to Ken and Charme Tate. He is married to the lovely Wiphawan Tate and the couple have two sons, Chirayu and Phiraphat.
Livestock Management to Protect Riparian Areas - Part 2
Thursday Dec 24th, 2020
News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich.
We reported yesterday that rangeland managers can protect riparian areas by offering off-site water. But what if that’s not an option? Cooperative extension specialist Ken Tate says there are some other tools available.
Tate… “We can pull livestock to a place with off-site water with perhaps some supplemental feed or salt that they might need. A lot of our lives darker are deficient in selenium and other things. So they ll crave those types of supplements. And where you place them can help you manage livestock distribution and overcome their kind of inherent desire to seek out the riparian area. Because that s a great habitat for them as well.”
Livestock Management to Protect Riparian Areas
Wednesday Dec 23rd, 2020
News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich.
It’s estimated that approximately 60% of California is rangeland. The ecological benefits of well-managed livestock on this land is well-documented. Part of that management is making sure to protect riparian areas. Ken Tate is a professor and cooperative extension specialist in rangeland watershed management at the University of California, Davis.
Tate… “If you re in a large landscape and the only available drinking water is a riparian area and associated stream, and livestock needing 20 plus gallons of water a day to consume, they re inherently going to spend quite a bit of time in those areas. And so one of the most effective tools that we have available to kind of reduce and limit livestock time spent in riparian areas and thus damage from hoof trampling, and over-consumption of sensitive plants is to provide off-site drinking