Department Updates

Graduate internships provide new learning experience

February 13th, 2014

By Olivia Norton The summer of 2013 brought a new kind of challenge and opportunity for two animal science graduate students.  Levi Trubenbach and Alyssa Word, both seeking a master’s of science, jumped at the chance to gain hands-on experience in the form of an internship with Cactus Feeders, a large scale cattle feeding operation… Read More →

Dr. Guoyao Wu holding a pig.

Wu named Fellow by American Association for the Advancement of Science | AgriLife Today

February 13th, 2014

Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Guoyao Wu, a distinguished professor in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University, has been named Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Wu was recognized for discovery of novel pathways of amino acid nutrition and metabolism affecting intestine, cardiovascular and… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – August 2009

February 13th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusAugust 2009This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack.IS ORGANIC FOOD MORE NUTRITIONAL?Not according to a recent review… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – June 2009

February 13th, 2014

Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusJune 2009 This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack.NO AGE LIMIT FOR BEEF TRADE?Maybe. As part of the worldwide effort to… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – January 2011

February 13th, 2014

Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusThis newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack. WHAT’S AHEAD FOR THE BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRYThe following projections have been made for… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – August 2007

February 13th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusAugust 2007This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack. PROGRAMS FOR HEIFER DEVELOPMENTUSDA-Miles City, Montana researchers studied three… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – April 2010

February 13th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusApril 2010This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack. UNITED NATIONS REPORT ON LIVESTOCK EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GAS… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – July 2006

February 13th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusJuly 2006This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack. FACTORS AFFECTING PRICE IN SPECIAL REPLACEMENT HEIFER SALESMissouri researchers… Read More →

East Texas Pasture Management Program set Feb. 22 at Overton

February 13th, 2014

Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, [email protected]: Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, 903-834-6191, [email protected] All new topics and five continuing education units offered this year OVERTON – Each year, the program planners for the East Texas Pasture Management Program try to cover new topics or at least examine older topics from new angles, according to Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Texas… Read More →

Gill joins animal science department at Texas A&M University

February 13th, 2014

COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Jason Gill has joined the faculty in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University. Gill will conduct research on the biology and application of bacteriophages, a group of viruses that preys exclusively on bacteria. “We are pleased to welcome Dr. Gill to the department and the expertise he brings… Read More →