Beef Program
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 forward 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.
Upcoming Events
- Aug. 25 - AFS Welcome Back Picnic 2025
- Sept. 5 - Animal & Food Sciences Alumni Reunion
- CPH45 Feeder Calf Sales
> Aug. 14 - Owensboro
> Dec. 4 - Owensboro
News
- Updated Graduate Student Handbook
7/21•Animal & Food Sciences - Timely Tips
(Dr. Les Anderson)
7/21•Cow Country News - Beef Bash 2025
(Dr. Les Anderson)
7/18•Cow Country News - CPH and PVAP Beef Programs with Kevin Laurent
(Kevin Laurent)
7/14•Kentucky Ag Matters - Off the Hoof (July '25)
(Drs. Anderson, Arnold, Teutsch, VanValin)
7/7•KY Beef Extension - High heat prompts livestock safeguards across Kentucky
(Drs. VanValin, Coleman)
7/2•UK M-G CAFE News - UK Beef and Forage Field Day 2025
(Dr. Katie VanValin, )
6/30•UK M-G CAFE News
Courses
Animal Breeding
ASC 362, Every Spring
Instructor: D. Aaron
Reproductive Physiology of Farm Animals
ASC 364, Every Fall
Instructor: P. Bridges
Feeds and Feeding
ASC 380, Every Spring
Beef Cattle Science
ASC 406, Every Fall
Mammalian Endocrinology
ASC 601
Instructor: K.R. McLeod
Laboratory Methods in the Nutrition Sciences
ASC 680, Every Fall
Instructor: D.L. Harmon
Energy Metabolism
ASC 681, Alternate Spring Semesters
Instructor: K.R. McLeod
Protein Metabolism
ASC 683, Fall of odd-numbered Years
Instructor: R. J. Trotta
Advanced Ruminant Nutrition
ASC 684, Alternate Spring Semesters
Instructors: D. L. Harmon, E.S. Vanzant, K. R. McLeod
Physiology of Digestion and Absorption
ASC 689, Fall of even-numbered Years
Instructor: R. J. Trotta
Animal Sciences Seminar
ASC 771, Every Semester
Instructor: K. R. McLeod
