Our mission is to improve beef
production profitability and sustainability by enhancing
education, cooperation, and opportunity of Kentucky
beef producers.
The University of Kentucky Beef
Extension Group offers numerous programs to improve
beef cattle production and profitability. Each
of these programs is discussed briefly below.
Integrated
Resource Management (IRM).
The IRM provides a dynamic educational program that
benefits beef producers of all sizes. The program
uses an integrated approach to provide the beef industry
of Kentucky with interdisciplinary, unbiased, research
based training and resource material to enhance an
individual's ability to make decisions.
Dr. Roy Burris
Five
State Beef Initiative (FSBI).
The FSBI is a cooperative effort between the states
of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio.
The FSBI is a coordinated production system made up
of producers, processors, and vendors working together
to develop a system that responds to the concern of
the consumer and captures the true value of our beef
products.
Dr. John Johns
Kentucky Bull Evaluation Program.
Producers consign bulls that are evaluated on postweaning
performance, ultrasonic carcass merit, and EPDs.
Dr. Darrh
Bullock
Feedlot And
Carcass Tests (FACTS).
The FACTS program enables producers to obtain
feedlot and carcass information on their steers to
alter their breeding programs to improve the performance
of their calves.
Dr. Darrh
Bullock
Allied Inputs
and Marketing (AIM). The
AIM program encourages producers to form purchasing
and marketing cooperatives. Through group purchasing
and marketing, small and medium sized producers are
able to take advantage of economies of size.
Dr. Les Anderson
Kentucky Heifer Development
Program. Production efficiency and profitability
can be increased if producers become more efficient
in developing replacement females. This program
teaches producers scientific techniques to improve
the performance of their replacement females.
Dr. Les Anderson
Certified Preconditioned
for Health (CPH). The CPH
program enables producers to group market calves that
have undergone recommended health and preconditioning
programs designed to improve calf health and performance
in the feedlot.
Dr. Roy Burris
The Beef Unit will serve as an
educational center for Kentucky's beef producers.
Facilities will be available for field days as well
as focused training and transfer of the latest technologies
in areas.
Facilities will also be used to
host a variety of youth-based activities, including
4-H and FFA, school field trips, and judging clinics.
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