Dr. Ron Gill, Texas A&M AgriLIfe Extension Service beef cattle specialist and associate department head for the department of animal science at Texas A&M University in College Station, demonstrates roping techniques during a cattle handling demonstration at the 2016 Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Convention in Fort Worth. He was joined by Curt Pate of Curt Pate Stockmanship. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Blair Fannin)