Success Stories By MajorProgram FY2026Jul 1, 2025 - Jun 30, 2026
Beef Cattle Chute Side Pregnancy Testing
Author: Colby Guffey
Major Program: Animal Production and Management
Beef cattle producers often struggle to find veterinarians to perform pregnancy diagnosis on the cow herd. In recent years technology has become available for producers to do their own pregnancy determinations on the cow herd using whole blood or blood serum samples. Few producers know of the availability of the chute side blood pregnancy test kits. Describe the Outreach or Educational Program Response (and Partners, if applicable).A demonstration was set up at a local co
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Beef Excellence Program
Author: Owen Watkins
Major Program: Animal Production and Management
Anderson County, like much of Kentucky is rich with small parcels of active and historically productive farmland. There is a tradition and a culture in this community that is centered around agriculture being something that nearly everyone participates in. In the past this was a largely communal effort, in the way that neighbors and family helped neighbors and family in the busy seasons to ensure that the work was done. In those times of shared toil there was space and expectation for the sharin
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