Author: Katherine VanValin
Planning Unit: Animal and Food Sciences
Major Program: Beef
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Beef producers can add value to their beef cattle by educating themselves and their consumers about beef products. Darrell Simpson, Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources (Muglenberg County) collaborated with Dr. Katie VanValin, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Food and Environment, Beef Cattle Specialist and Dr.Gregg Rentfrow, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Food and Environment, Meats Specialists to provide a program to help producers and consumers alike. The program entitled Producing Beef for the Consumer utilized class room presentations as well as visits to a local meat processing plant to educate program participants. Nineteen producers and consumers learned about "finishing" beef cattle, wholesale and retail meat cuts, meat quality grades, and how to cook the different retail cuts. Thirteen of the participants responded to a post program survey. The survey revealed that one hundred percent of the survey respondents said they were knowledgeable or very knowledgeable about where the different cuts of meat come from after attending this program. Eleven of the respondents said they were knowledgeable or very knowledgeable about food safety after participating in this program. One program participant commented "we should have this program every two years." Another one told this agent that he had told friends about the program and they asked when it would be offered again.
Dr. Katie VanValin, UK Beef Specialist discusses quality grades during the producing beef for the consumer program.
The 2022 Beef Efficiency Conference was held for the first time in-person following the pandemic. Th... Read More
The UK Forage and Beef Groups have recently completed a major update of the national publication Alf... Read More
The Post Weaning Valued Added Program - Precondition (PVAP-PRECONDITION) began in 2019 through a gra... Read More
Hay Production Field DayJuly 2021Sometimes planning takes a back seat to reality. How can it happen ... Read More