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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1979; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station); 350; Beef; Cow-calf producers; Vaccinations
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Survey Of Kansas Cow-Calf Producers, W. Thompson, Jack G. Riley
Survey Of Kansas Cow-Calf Producers, W. Thompson, Jack G. Riley
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
The average producer we surveyed was 46 years old with 1 year of college. He had 125 cows and 5 bulls, usually Hereford or Angus, breeding naturally on pasture for 4 1/2 months. Most replacement heifers calved at the same time as cows. Few semen tested and only 50% pregnancy tested. Eleven percent of the cows were culled annually and 75% of the producers raised their own replacements. The average cow-calf pairs used 10 acres of pasture, 2 acres of crop residues and 1 acre of hay. Vaccinations for Blackleg (79%) and Leptospirosis (61%) were popular but less than 30% …