Livestock
Extension Livestock Educator
Contact Information:
Office: (608) 776-4820
Cell: (608) 228-5400
Email: kimberly.kester@wisc.edu
Kim Kester, has joined Extension in February 2024 as the new Regional Livestock Educator for Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties. Kim double-majored in Dairy Science and Poultry Science at UW-Madison and interned at UW’s Marshfield Ag Research Station. She has worked as a bull herdsman for a cattle genetics company, and most recently worked for over 6 years as a County Extension Coordinator and Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent for University of Georgia Extension. Kim is excited to return home to Wisconsin and begin working with livestock producers, with an emphasis on beef cow-calf producers and heifer development.
The Extension Livestock Program provides timely resources and information to help farmers, consumers and allied industry to make informed decisions about beef cattle, poultry, sheep and goats, equine, swine, and meat science. There are also resources for youth caring for livestock.
Our research-based programs help farmers, consumers and allied industry to make informed decisions about beef cattle, poultry, sheep and goats, equine, swine, and meat science.
We work with:
- Partner agencies
- Campus departments
- Species-specific organizations
