Extension
It Starts With Us
| 1011 - Beef | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1011.2) | 0 |
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) | 10 |
Number for people who gained information on beef nutrition, animal health, genetics, reproduction, and/ or facilities and equipment |
| 1011.5) | 0 |
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) | 4 |
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) | 0 |
Number of producers who improve genetics by Implementing a crossbreeding program and utilizing Expected Progeny Difference to meet breeding objectives |
Author: Taylor Graves
Major Program: Beef
Washington County Cattlemen's association facilitates Cost-Share programs each year. In my first few months as the ANR agent producers turned in their receipts for this year's cost-share purchases. I was asked to check that the bulls purchased were eligible for cost-share funds and unfortunately, we had to deny several of the bulls because they did not meet the standards provided by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. This gave me the idea to create a program on reading expected prog
Author: Taylor Graves
Major Program: Beef
One of the most expensive aspects of a cow-calf operation is raising replacement heifers for your herd. It is a long-term investment to develop quality bred heifers to retain as replacements or to market these heifers to other producers privately. This multi-station meeting was designed to help producers understand the true cost of developing heifers and to hopefully give them a few ideas on how they can save money. This was done through discussions on evaluation presented by Livestock Division
