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Kentucky has the largest beef cow herd east of the Mississippi and the eighth largest nationally, with approximately 1 million beef cows. Beef cattle provide our primary means of converting Kentucky's 7 million acres of pasture and forage into useful products.
Tremendous potential exists to expand income opportunities from beef cattle to help replace lost tobacco income and sustain Kentucky's agricultural base. The state-of-the-art facilities at the Animal Science Research Center Beef Unit will allow us to move into this new century with renewed emphasis on development (Research) and transfer (Extension) of knowledge and technologies to ensure that Kentucky's beef industry is competitive in a changing and demanding marketplace.
Beef News & Events
Upcoming Events
- CPH45 Feeder Calf Sales
> Aug. 14 - Owensboro
> Dec. 4 - Owensboro
News
- AGR-283: Interpreting Baleage Fermentation Test Results
(Drs. Henning, Smith, Teutsch, Lehmkuhler, Arnold)
6/13•UK M-G CAFE Extension Publications - Animal Sciences Dean's List (Spring 2025)
6/13•UK Animal & Food Sciences - Off the Hoof (June '25)
(Drs. Anderson, Burdine, Bullock, Spangler, Arnold, Lehmkuhler; Katie Pratt)
6/6•UK Beef Extension - Celebrating 100 years of beef research and extension at the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center
(Drs. Katie VanValin, Roy Burris)
6/5•UK M-G CAFE News - The Car Ride
(Drs. Jeff Lehmkuhler, Colt Knight)
6/2•Beef Bits Podcast - AEN-179 Water Barriers for Cattle
6/2•UK M-G CAFE Extension Publications - ASC-271: The Impact of Heat Stress and Fescue Toxicosis on Beef Cattle Reproduction
(Tyler Purvis, Les Anderson, Darrh Bullock, Kevin Laurent, Jeff Lehmkuhler, Katherine VanValin)
5/21•UK M-G CAFE Extension Publications - Graduate Student Handbook (Updated)
5/20•UK Animal & Food Sci - Timely Tips - left side of page
(Dr. Les Anderson)
5/16•Cow Country News - Do you know what is in your pastures?
(Dr. Katie VanValin)
5/16•Cow Country News - How Do You Select Your Bulls?
(Dr. Darrh Bullock, Matt Spangler)
5/16•Cow Country News
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