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Beefsd: An Integrated And Intensive Extension Curriculum For Beginning Beef Cattle Producers In South Dakota, K. Olson, Julie Walker, S. Hadrick
Beefsd: An Integrated And Intensive Extension Curriculum For Beginning Beef Cattle Producers In South Dakota, K. Olson, Julie Walker, S. Hadrick
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The average age of beef producers in the USis 58 and increasing. A need exists to increase theopportunity and success for the next generation of beefcattle producers. Extension at SDSU and South DakotaFarm Bureau Federation partnered to address this byproviding a 3-year educational program that assistedbeginning beef cow-calf ranchers in South Dakota tobecome economically, ecologically, and sociallysustainable producers. The goal was to present a curriculumthat contributed to future agricultural production, landstewardship, and rural community viability. The learningobjectives were to provide: (1) evaluation of alternativeproduction systems, (2) an integrated understanding of theentire US beef cattle industry, and (3) development ofindividual cattle …