Kentucky Beef Network
Ag Development funds at work: Enhancing producer profitability through education, management, and marketing.
Help Kentucky beef cattle farmers
improve animal health, genetics, forages, and marketing opportunities by enhancing producer profitability.
Goal of Kentucky Beef
Network
Kentucky Beef Network
Manage a state grant from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund Provide to Kentucky Farmers
On-Farm Support Education Resources
Manage daily operations for the Eden Shale Farm and Learning Center
Partnership with University of Kentucky Extension- to increase learning opportunities impact
Continue Regional Efforts
Eastern Kentucky/SOAR Initiative
Young and Beginning Farmers
KBN VIII Key Areas of Focus
Emphasis on small farmers to help improve
management practices Shorten Calving Window Increase Pregnancy Rates Increase Record Keeping Enhance Efficiency of Production Improve Profitability
Some classroom learning – main focus will be hands-on learning at the farm
Concentrated in SOAR Counties To date 55 farms participating- “boots on the farm”
Eastern Kentucky IRMIntegrated Reproductive
Management
3 locations- Princeton, Eden Shale, Morgan
Co. Finishing 10 head at each location/year Education Sessions:
Receiving Phase Finishing Phase Carcass Evaluation Producer End Product Sensory Panels
Session Focus: Nutrition, Health, Live Animal Evaluation, Marketing, Environmental, Consumer Preference, Taste test
Pasture to Plate