Author: Lyndall Harned
Planning Unit: Boyd County CES
Major Program: Beef
Plan of Work: Livestock and Equine
Outcome: Initial Outcome
The ag agents in Boyd, Carter, Greenup and Lawrence Counties offered the Master Cattleman’s Program this spring for the first time in several years. And the response was overwhelming. We had over 60 individual’s sign-up and pay the registration fee, with almost 40 of them being from Boyd County. This is well over 25 more total than I have ever had in a MCP that I have been associated with in the past, and I have been a part of 8 previous offerings.
The six in person sessions averaged about 55 per night, with the forage session, which was offered as a standalone but counted towards the MCP, having 93 attend.
The individuals who attended ranged from cattle farmers for over 50 years to some that are just now owning their first cattle ever. The feed back that we received was overwhelmingly positive.
Some numbers from the evaluation include:
These are just some examples of the knowledge that the attendees gained, with much more
documented showing similar knowledge increases.
Following are a few of the response asking what management practices they intended to make on their farms included:
Overall, it was a very successful program, and we expect to see some very encouraging on-farm improvements in the future.
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