Oklahoma
4-H Beef Project
010 BEEF
The beef project teaches members to select, manage, produce and market cattle.
Focus:
- Selection, production, management and health of beef cattle
- Financing, purchasing and marketing beef cattle
- Live animal evaluation and end product evaluation
- Establishing and managing breeding herd
- Caring for beef animals and exhibiting steers and heifers
- Exploring career opportunities and developing leadership abilities
What members can do: (Beginner level)
- Identify the major beef beeds
- Identify the major parts of a beef animal and a beef carcass
- Care for beef animals and exhibit steers and heifers
- Learn to identify and classify feeds
- Present illustrated talks and demonstrations on beef topics
Materials available: (Beginner level)
| #352 | .50 | Beef Breeding Member Manual |
| #348 | .00 | Beef Breeds in the United States |
| #346 | .50 | Beef Feeding Member Manual |
| #118 | .00 | Beef Showmanship |
| #546 | .00 | English Breeds 4-H Quiz Gram |
| #547 | .00 | Exotic Beef Breeds 4-H Quiz Gram |
| #345 | .00 | Feeding and Managing Market Steers |
| #548 | .00 | Indian and Amer. Breeds Quiz Gram |
| #349 | .00 | Managing and Showing Beef Heifers |
| #726 | 1.50 | Beef Breeds Poster |
What members can do: (Intermediate level)
- Maintain and use production, performance and financial records
- Select and develop a heifer for the breeding herd
- Become familiar with carcass quality and yield grades
- Develop a good herd health program
- Learn about growth implants for market animals
- Present talks and demonstrations on beef topics
Materials available: (Intermediate level)
| #119 | .00 | Aging Cattle by Teeth |
| #565 | .00 | Beef Breeding - Purebred Program |
| #352 | .50 | Beef Breeding Member Manual |
| #346 | .50 | Beef Feeding Member Manual |
| #351 | .00 | Dehorning and Castrating |
| #345 | .00 | Feeding and Managing Market Steers |
| #614 | .00 | Understanding Yield Grades for Beef and Lamb |
| #643 | .00 | Growth Implants |
| #613 | .00 | How to Identify and Control Beef Cattle External Parasites |
| #350 | .00 | How to Vaccinate |
| #117 | .00 | Judging Breeding Beef Cattle |
| #349 | .00 | Managing and Showing Beef Heifers |
| #641 | .00 | Pregnancy Detection |
| #612 | .00 | Some Ways to Identify Beef Cattle |
| #642 | .00 | Where's the Beef |
What members can do: (Advanced level)
- Establish and manage a breeding herd
- Feed, manage, and market stocker cattle and pens of slaughter cattle
- Learn the general principles, advantages, and disadvantages of artificial insemination and embryo transfer
- Develop a working knowledge of performance terms
- Serve as a teen leader and teach younger members
- Explore career opportunities in the beef industry
Materials available: (Advanced level)
| #556 | .00 | Beef Breeding and Pastures |
| #354 | .00 | Beef Breeding - Crossbreeding |
| #352 | .50 | Beef Breeding Member Manual |
| #346 | .50 | Beef Feeding Member Manual |
| #353 | .00 | Beef Sire Selection |
| #611 | .00 | Calving Difficulty in Beef Cattle |
| #349 | .00 | Managing and Showing Beef Heifers |
Supplemental materials: (Used with all levels)
| #344 | .00 | Beef Breeding Record |
| #537 | .00 | Beef Cattle Marketing Project Guide |
| #120 | .00 | Giving Oral Judging Reasons |
| #538 | .00 | Market Steer Record |
| # 52 | .00 | 4-H Cattle Grading Card |
| # 50 | .00 | 4-H Entry Card |
| # 49 | .00 | 4-H Judging Card |
Depending on interest, experience and abilities of a 4-H member, skills and literature can be applied across levels.
Oklahoma 4-H
Oklahoma
Cooperative Extension Service
Division of Agricultural
Sciences and Natural Resources