Department News & Events

Upcoming Events

• Nov. 14 - 2024 Fall Fencing School
• Nov. 23 - West KY Select Bred Heifer Sale

• Beef Management Webinar Series
  > Nov. 12 - Shooting the Bull:  Answering all your Beef Related Questions!
  > Dec. 10 - Winter Feeding Strategies to Extend Short Hay Supplies
  > Jan. 14 - Important Traits for Bull Selection in KY
• CPH45 Feeder Calf Sales
  > Dec. 5 - Owensboro, KY
  > Dec. 10 - Guthrie, KY
• Poultry Webinars
  > Dec. 3 - Poultry Poopology 101
  > Jan. 7 - Incorporating chickens into schools
  > Feb. 4 - Rat snakes and poultry flocks
• Feb. 15 - Pre-Vet Experience Day 2025
• KY Master Small Ruminant Nutrition Course
• Small Ruminant Profit

News

• OFF THE HOOF (Nov. '24)
  - Drs. Anderson, Lehmkuhler, Arnold, Bullock, VanValin; Kevin Laurent
  11/4•UK Beef Extension

• Faculty Awards in 2024
  - Drs. Amaral-Phillips, Bullock, Ely, David Harmon, Bob Harmon, Pescatore, Rentfrow, Rossano, Surendranath, Urschel, VanValin, Xiong
  10/31•AFS Alumni Newsletter

• Gaits of the Horse
  - Anna Draeger
  10/30•Kentucky 4-H Horse Program YouTube

• Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association breaks ground on Livestock Innovation Center
  10/25 UK M-G CAFE News

• The DMRT3 Gene
  - Anna Draeger
  10/24•KY 4-H Horse

• Kentucky Beef Network Supports Kentucky Producers
  10/23•Cow Country News

• Timely Tips for November (beef cattle)
  - Dr. Les Anderson
  10/23•Cow Country News

• Observations from 25 years of West Kentucky Select Bred Heifer Sales
  - Kevin Laurent
  10/23•Cow Country News

• UK plans speaker series regarding human-animal bondUK plans speaker series regarding human-animal bond
  10/23•pmg-ky2.com

• UK Animal & Food Sciences Alumni Scholarship awarded
  10/22•AFS Alumni Newsletter

• From the Horse's Mouth (Oct. '24)
  10/22•KY 4-H Horse

• Around the Farms:  University Sheep Command Interest at National Sale
  - Dr. Aaron, Matthew Hamilton
  10/21•AFS Alumni Newsletter

• New Meats and Foods Workforce Development Center to be Built at C. Oran Little Research Center
  10/18•AFS Alumni Newsletter

• Department Update:  Note from the Chair
  - Dr. John "Scott" Radcliffe
  10/18•AFS Alumni Newsletter

• ‘Being a good neighbor’: UK Robinson Center Field Day Week connects generations to agriculture
  - Dr. Lehmkuhler
  10/17•UK Research

• 'A man of integrity': George Heersche Jr. inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame for decades of service
  10/17•UK M-G CAFE News 

• A New "Ag Campus" Is Coming
  10/16•Animal & Food Sciences Alumni Newsletter
• 2024 AFS Hall of Fame Inductee Award presented to Dr. Don Ely
  10/16•UK Animal & Food Sciences
• 2024 AFS Distinguished Alumnus Award presented to Dr. Steven I. Smith
  10/16•UK Animal & Food Sciences
• ASC-262: Increasing Calories in Your Horse’s Diet and Other Tips
  - Dr. Fernanda Camargo
  10/15•UK M-G CAFE News 
• University of Kentucky presents the inaugural Companion Animal Speaker Series
  10/14•UK M-G CAFE News 
• ASC-266: Reproduction in the Bull
  - Drs. Anderson, Bullock, Lehmkuhler, VanValin; Kevin Laurent
  10/14•UK M-G CAFE Extension Publications
• ASC-265: Estrus Synchronization Protocols for Beef Females
  - Dr. Anderson, Bullock, Lehmkuhler, VanValin; Kevin Laurent
  10/14•UK M-G CAFE Extension Publications
• Garrigus Sweatshirt & T-Shirt Sale
  10/11•Animal & Food Sciences
• Influence of flake density and starch retrogradation on in vitro gas production kinetics, digestibility, and ruminal fermentation characteristics of steam-flaked corn 
  - Drs. Trotta, Kreikemeier, Harmon
  10/10•Journal of Animal Sciences
• Kentucky Beef Conference to address industry challenges and future innovations
  10/8•UK M-G CAFE News

• OFF THE HOOF (Oct. 2024)
  - Dr. Anderson, Teutsch, Arnold, Burdine
  10/7•UK Beef Extension

• How Much Does It Cost to Own a Horse?
  - Dr. Bob Coleman
  10/7•thehorse.com