K-State Research and Extension

The K-State Agricultural Research Center in Hays will host the 100th edition of Roundup with registration and trade show beginning at 9 a.m. April 17.

The program is slated to start at 10 a.m. in the auditorium. A steak luncheon will be provided at noon with the program wrapping up at 3 p.m. Presentations will include a historical overview of the K-State Research Center, significant contributions of the beef cattle research reported during the first 100 years of Roundup, a current economic beef cattle outlook, review of past and future weather, and results of current research.

Roundup is the major beef cattle education and outreach event sponsored by the research center. It has been held each year since 1914 with the exception of 1945 when German prisoners of war were housed in the livestock research area. Results of the beef cattle research have been reported to the agricultural community through an ongoing series of publications that began with a mimeographed circular in 1913.

Roundup reports have been published almost every year, making it one of the longest series published by any public research agency.