BeefMajor Program

35341.6

Total Hours

Contributed.

201918

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

1063

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

2037

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of producers who reported improved record keeping practices as a result of Extension programs

3439

Number of producers reporting changed or improved pasture management practices

5096

Number of producers who reported saving money or reducing cost of operation

4884

Number of producers who now practice efficient reproduction techniques

3055

Number of producers who implement a crossbreeding program and utilize Expected Progeny Difference when selecting bulls

4095

Stories

Extension Provides Central Kentucky Beef Producers with Updates that Improve Beef Efficiency

Over the past twenty years, Kentucky agriculture has transitioned from predominately tobacco to beef production, becoming the largest beef producing state east of the Mississippi. In order to prepare producers to be efficient and profitable, both Central Kentucky County Extension Agents for Agriculture & Natural Resources and Beef Extension Specialists present the Kentucky Beef Conference annually.The farm operations of producers attending vary in size, with most (46%) of the producers having 26...

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Extension Provides Central Kentucky Beef Producers with Updates that Improve Beef Efficiency

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