Department News & Events

Upcoming Events

• Jan. 13 - Freezer Beef Short Course
• Jan. 16 - Beef Efficiency Conference
• Feb. 15 - Pre-Vet Experience Day 2025
• Feb. 25, 2025 - 2025 KY Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
• Beef Management Webinar Series
  > Jan. 14 - Important Traits for Bull Selection in KY
  > Feb. 11 - Marketing Opportunities for the Spring
• CPH45 Feeder Calf Sales
  > Feb. 20 - Owensboro, KY
• Poultry Webinars
  > Jan. 7 - Incorporating chickens into schools
  > Feb. 4 - Rat snakes and poultry flocks
• KY Master Small Ruminant Nutrition Course
• Small Ruminant Profit

News

• Kentucky 4-H Horse Program: Evaluating Horse Pastures Using the UK Pasture Health Score Card
  - Anna Draeger, Reilly Kaplan-Fardy
  12/20•Kentucky 4-H Horse Program YouTube

• From the Horse's Mouth (Dec. '24)
  - Dr. Camargo, Anna Draeger
  12/20•KY 4-H Horse

• December 2024 Commencement
  12/20•University of Kentucky YouTube

• Quick Tips for Holiday Food Safety
  - Drs. Vijayakumar, Newman, Rentfrow
  12/19•UK Food Systems Innovation Center

• Timely Tips for January (Beef Cattle)
  - Dr. Les Anderson
  12/18•Cow Country News

• Are Growth-Promoting Technologies Becoming a Lost Art for the Cow-Calf Sector
  - Dr. Katie VanValin
  12/18•Cow Country News

• Winter Feeding Strategies to Extend Short Hay Supplies
  - Drs. Lawton Stewart, VanValin, Bullock
  12/16•UK Beef Extension

• Feeding Horses With Special Needs
  - Dr. Laurie Lawrence
  12/16•The Horse

• Livestock Management After The Drought
  - Includes tips from Dr. Lehmkuhler
  12/16•Ohio Country Journal

• ASC-267: Controlling the Calving Season
  - Drs. Anderson, VanValin, Bullock, Lehmkuhler; Kevin Laurent
  12/12•UK M-G CAFE Extension Publications

• Three years since the tornado: UK research center rebuilds stronger, reaffirming role in Kentucky agriculture
  12/12•UK M-G CAFE News

• UK pre-vet senior finds, shares the joy in undergraduate research
  - Molly Lobel, Dr. Adedokun
  12/9•UK M-G CAFE News

• 2024 Cool-Season Grass Horse Grazing Tolerance Report
  12/9•UK M-G CAFE Extension Publications

• Heifer Development with Kevin Laurent
  12/9•Kentucky Ag Matters

• Timely Tips for December
  - Dr. Anderson
  12/5•UK Beef Extension

• Congratulations to Dr. Fan for USDA NIFA funding on Asian Carp
  12/5•UK Research

• KCA, Partners, Break Ground on Livestock Innovation Center
  12/5•Cow Country News

• Coping with Low Precipitation
  - Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler
  12/4•Cow Country News

• The Heart of America Grazing Conference ROCKS Kentucky....Make America Graze Again!
  - Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler
  12/4•Cow Country News

• Changes Coming to CAIP Bull Cost-share Program
  - Dr. Darrh Bullock
  12/4•Cow Country News

• Off the Hoof (Dec. '24)
  - Drs. Anderson, Arnold, Teutsch, VanValin
  12/4•UK Beef Extension

• Shooting the Bull!
  - Drs. Bullock, Anderson, Lehmkuhler, VanValin, Henning; Kevin Laurent
  12/3•UK Beef Extension

• University of Kentucky to host second annual Pre-Veterinary Experience Day Feb. 15
  - Dr. McNamara, Colette Tebeau
  12/3•UK M-G CAFE News

• Budgeting for a backyard or urban poultry flock
  - Drs. Jacquie Jacob, Gregory Martin
  12/2•Jacquie Jacob YouTube

• THE IMPACTS OF GUT-SUPPORTING FEED ADDITIVES ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE, GUT HEALTH, BLOOD CHEMISTRY, AND IMMUNE STATUS OF BROILER CHICKENS EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT STRESSORS
  - Richard Adefioye
  11/25•UK Knowledge

• University of Kentucky Presents the Inaugural Companion Animal Speaker
  11/21•Wildcat Canter

• Wildcat Canter (Fall 2024)
  11/21•UK Ag Equine Programs

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