Success StoryBeef Cattle Science Students Providing Educational Programming for Beginning Farmers



Beef Cattle Science Students Providing Educational Programming for Beginning Farmers

Author: Kevin Bullock

Planning Unit: Animal and Food Sciences

Major Program: Beef

Outcome: Initial Outcome

An innovative program is providing educational programming for beginning beef farmers and educational experience for Animal and Food Sciences students at the University of Kentucky. A collaborative educational program was developed by the Animal and Food Sciences’ Beef Cattle Science instructors (Drs. Darrh Bullock, Jeff Lehmkuhler and Les Anderson), Dr. Michelle Arnold and local ANR agents (Nick Carter, Adam Probst, Brandon Sears and Tommy Yankey) to assist inexperienced beef cattle farmers by utilizing students that had just completed the Beef Cattle Science course (ASC406) at UK. The students were divided into groups of 4 and assigned a county to work with; each student was responsible for one of 4 topics – genetics, nutrition, reproduction and health. The students worked with the local agent to develop a specific targeted program that would best benefit that county, coordinate logistics and assist with advertising. The students worked with the instructors and Dr. Arnold to develop their specific presentation and an assessment tool. The students made their presentations to the targeted farmers and then fielded questions; at least one instructor and the agent was at each presentation to assist with questions that were beyond the scope of the students. Students were responsible for analyzing their specific assessment tool. This was the third year of the program and students, agents, producers and instructors have indicated that the program very impactful.






Stories by Kevin Bullock


National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium Sire Selection Manual Revision and Distribution

about 2 years ago by Kevin Bullock

The University of Kentucky provided the leadership to successfully revise and publish the National B... Read More


Final Reaching Out While Locked In Webinar Series

about 2 years ago by Kevin Bullock

In the spring of 2020, the governor ordered a statewide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic which ... Read More


Stories by Animal and Food Sciences


Udderly Amazing State Virtual Dairy Club

about 2 years ago by Larissa Tucker

With COVID-19 restrictions still in place it was decided to help youth and volunteers to keep their ... Read More


4-H Country Ham; COVID

about 2 years ago by Gregg Rentfrow

The pandemic canceled or changed 4-H activities in 2020. The 4-H Country Ham Committee wanted to mak... Read More