Author: Patrick Hardesty
Planning Unit: Taylor County CES
Major Program: Beef
Plan of Work: Management and Marketing
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
The Taylor County Cattlemen’s Association and Taylor County Extension Service provides educational beef production and management topics for beef producers to enhance their profitability. Topics included cow-calf profitability, bale grazing, nutrition, mineral supplementation and fly control.
In the cow-calf profitability session, the discussion led into how to move from year round calving to a planned breeding season. In the fly control session, a fly gun was demonstrated as a way to provide fly control without handling cattle during hot times. According to dealers, 16 guns have been purchased in the county.
The Taylor County Cattlemen’s Association supports the Taylor County Junior Cattlemen’s Association as they provide funding and leadership for activities. The Taylor County Junior Cattlemen currently have one member serving as an officer and three members serving as directors on the Kentucky Junior Cattlemen’s Association.
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