From Western Kansas, a Lasting Feedlot Legacy

From western Kansas, a lasting feedlot legacy

They may not realize it, but when farmers sort cattle based on carcass potential, use ultrasound to project beef quality, or feed sorghum to finish a pen with less water, they are benefitting from the work of John Brethour.

From western Kansas, a lasting feedlot legacy

Hays-based beef cattle scientist named ‘Legend of Feedlot Nutrition’ posthumously They may not realize it, but when farmers sort cattle based on carcass potential, use ultrasound to project beef quality, or feed sorghum to finish a pen with less water, they are benefitting from the work of John Brethour. Brethour, formerly a beef cattle scientist at K-State’s Agricultural Research Center in Hays, is a pioneer of feedlot science whose work contin…