KSU Beef

Welcome to KSU Beef

Our mission is to provide clientele with timely, accurate, objective, research-based information effectively communicated to enable sound decision making for the betterment of cattle enterprises, and the sustainability of food and fiber production demands of a growing global population.

 

Western Cow Camp
September 9–10, 2026
K-State Western Kansas Research-Extension Center | Agricultural Research Center–Hays

Beef Stocker Field Day
September 24, 2026
Manahttan, KS

 

Check out the updated KSU Grower/Stocker Financial Record Spreadsheet

 

If you could not attend our latest webinar, Decision Making for Grass Turnout in Western Kansas, click below and watch now
2026 Decision Making for Grass Turnout Webinar Recording


Anaplasmosis Webinar, Gregg Hanzlicek, DVM

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Use of KSU’s Beef Replacement Decision Aide in Assessing Herd Expansion and Contraction, Glynn Tonsor, K-State Department of Agricultural Economics

Focus on Feedlots
Monthly closeout data from various Kansas feedlots are summarized to provide average values for days on feed, average daily gain, harvest weight, dry matter feed conversion, cost of gain, and death loss, as well as corn and alfalfa hay prices.
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Management Minute
Employee management tips from #KSUASI's Justin Waggoner.
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Feedlot Facts
Feedlot tips from #KSUASI's Justin Waggoner.
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