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It Starts With Us
| 1011 - Beef | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1011.2) | 50 |
Number for producers who adopted best practices to improve or maintain animal nutrition by forage testing and using analysis to develop supplement program, using body conditioning scores of cows to adjust supplement programs, use a complete mineral supplement or work with an agent or nutritionist to develop feed rations |
| 1011.1) | 60 |
Number for people who gained information on beef nutrition, animal health, genetics, reproduction, and/ or facilities and equipment |
| 1011.5) | 40 |
Number of producers who Develop and implement a herd health protocol and improve animal health practices (i.e. follow BQA guidelines, read and follow product labels and obey withdrawal periods, record animal treatments, improve animal handling/welfare skills |
| 1011.4) | 30 |
Number of producers who practiced efficient reproduction techniques (i.e. perform exams of pelvic area, reproduction tract scores, breeding soundness exam of bull, artificial insemination, pregnancy diagnosis or animal evaluation |
| 1011.3) | 35 |
Number of producers who improve genetics by Implementing a crossbreeding program and utilizing Expected Progeny Difference to meet breeding objectives |
Author: Philip Konopka
Major Program: Beef
Kentucky is the largest beef producing state east of the Mississippi River. It also has a lot of precipitation during the winter which makes feeding cattle a potentially muddy mess. If a farmer could manage the mud, there could be a potential cost savings to the farmer as well as an environmental impact savings. If the area where the cattle feed is less muddy then they have less energy needs and if the udders stay clean, calves stay healthier and have high weight gains resulting in m
