kentucky beef network
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Kentucky Beef Network
Ag Development funds at work: Enhancing producer profitability through education, management, and marketing.
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Help Kentucky beef cattle farmers
improve animal health, genetics, forages, and marketing opportunities by enhancing producer profitability.
Goal of Kentucky Beef
Network
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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
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Continue Regional Efforts
Eastern Kentucky/SOAR Initiative
Young and Beginning Farmers
KBN VIII Key Areas of Focus
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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
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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