Success StoryTri-County Beef Production Series



Tri-County Beef Production Series

Author: Gary Hamilton

Planning Unit: Montgomery County CES

Major Program: Beef

Plan of Work: Production and Economic Challenges Facing Livestock Producers

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Beef production serves as a major source of income to the farm families of Montgomery County. Over the past few years the market price for beef calves have been at a moderate to low level. Most recently prices have improved and all indications are that beef prices will remain high for the next 2 to 3 years. In an effort to help our beef cattle producers capture these higher prices the Bath, Menifee and Montgomery County ANR agent organized and conducted a 3 session Beef Production Series. The first session covered Managing the Cows Nutritional Needs Pre and Post Calving. The second Session was intitled Requirements For A Healthy Beef Cattle Herd and the third session dealt with Managing the Reproductive Efficiency in Beef Herd. 26 Beef Cattle producers attended all of the session in this program. Other than the 3 ANR Agents that planned and conducted the program, University Beef Specialists, Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, Dr. Michelle Arnold and Dr. Les Anderson presented outstanding presentations on the topics. This program was well received by the participants. 100 percent of them were engaged in the program discussions and all gained knowledge on how to make improvements to increase the health and profits of their beef cattle herds. Several of the Montgomery County attendees have commented on how much they enjoyed the program and practices they plan to or have implemented as a result of their attendance.






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