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.

 

7th International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare
June 1- 3, 2026
Lincoln, Nebraska

2026 BIF Research Symposium & Convention
June 1- 4, 2026
Boise, Idaho

Crops & Cattle - Conference and Ag Expo: Presented by High Plains Journal
August 4 - 6, 2026
Kansas City Convention Center - Kansas City, MO

 

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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