Livestock Production
Coffey County in East-Central Kansas is nestled on the edge of the flinthills tall grass pasture region. Beef enterprises include small to large cow/calf operations and stockers on grass pasture with a handful of feedlot facilities. A couple of small scale dairies are also located in county. These two sectors of the county's ag industry contributes approximately $40 mllion annually to the local economy in value of cattle and milk produced. In addition to the cattle, the county is also home to a large commercial confined swine production unit as well as small to medium sized sheep and goat flocks.
General Publications & Field Day / Annual Reports
- KSU Livestock Publications Library
- Beef Cattle Production
- Positioning the Beef Industry for the Future
Livestock Antibiotic Use Safety
- Antibiotic Stewardship- Not New to Cattle Ranchers
- Consumers- NOT SCIENCE- Are Driving Demand for Antibiotic Free Meat
- Management and Antibiotic Use go Hand in Hand
- Video- How Antibiotics are Used in Agriculture
- Appendix I, US Residue Limits for Compounds in Meat and Poultry
Beef Production - Economics / Profitability
- Beef Records - Key to Profitability
- Adopting Animal ID Systems - Costs, Opportunities
- Economic Issues w/ Organic or Natural Beef
Beef Production - General Nutrition
- Beef Cow Nutrition Guide
- Cattle Mineral Supplementation
- Questions and Answers on Beef Cattle Nutrition
- Nutritional Composition of Feedstuffs for Beef Cattle
- Waterers and Watering Systems for Livestock
- Wheat Middlings Feeding Value
- Composition & Feed Value of Corn Gluten Feed
- Composition & Feed Value of Cottonseed Products
- Veterinary Feed Directive
- 2012 Feed Composition
Beef Production - General Health
- Livestock Insects & Controls - K-State Entomology
- Determining Cattle Age
- Health Product Handling & Administration
- Winter Feeding Sites & Calf Scours
- Pinkeye
- Anaplasmosis
- Bovine Viral Diarrhea
- BVD-PI Herd Testing & Prevention Strategy
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) - "Mad Cow Disease"
- Identification and Management of Blue-green Algae in Farm Ponds
Cow / Calf
- Feeding Cows by Body Condition Score
- Crossbreeding Beef Cattle
- Using EPDs in a Commercial Cow Herd
- Selection and Development of Replacement Heifers
- Syncronizing Estrus and Ovulation in Cows and Heifers
- Tips for Successful Synchronization Program
- Estrous Syncronization Planner Website
- Calving Difficulty in Beef Cattle
- Improving Value of your Calf Crop
- Kansas Supreme Heifer Program
Stocker / Feeder Cattle
- Stocker Cattle Management & Nutrition
- Stocker Calf Preventive Health Program
- Insurance (LRP) for Feeder Cattle
- Insurance (LRP) for Fed Cattle
BEEF for Dinner - Nutrition Facts
Retail Meat Sales
- Pricing Meat for Direct to Consumer Sales
- Retail Meat Yields of Cattle, Hogs and Sheep
- Selling and Pricing Freezer Beef
- How Much Retail Meat Can You Expect From Fed Steer
- How to Direct Market Your Beef
- Direct Market Meat Pricing Tool
Range / Pasture Management
- Bluestem Pasture Report
- Growing Cattle on Grass
- Graze First-Year Native Grass Pasture
- Stocking Rate & Grazing Management
- Managing Kansas Grazinglands for Multiple Benefits
- Electric Fence Construction - NRCS
- Kansas Hay Market Report
Sheep / Goats
Dairy
Horses / Mules
- Horse Pasture Management
- Feeding Working and Performance Horses
- Horse Training Tips & Techniques
- AAEP Equine Health Guidelines
- Basics of Feeding Horses
Exotic Animals
Livestock Fencing & Facility Design
