Department Updates

Beef Cattle Browsing – August 2007

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…

Beef Cattle Browsing – April 2010

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…

Beef Cattle Browsing – July 2006

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…

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…

Wickersham receives distinguished achievement award

Wickersham receives distinguished achievement award

February 13th, 2014

COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Tryon Wickersham, associate professor in the department of animal science, received the 2013 Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching at the University Level this April. This award is the most prestigious award that can be presented to faculty members at Texas A&M University and recognizes, rewards and encourages…

Educational tour brings Animal Science students to the Beef Capital of the World

February 13th, 2014

TEXAS PANHANDLE − Hereford, Texas, is one of six major cities located within the Texas Panhandle and is known as the “Beef Capital of the World.” This town, deeply rooted in cattle and agriculture, also was one of the many places visited by a group of Texas A&M University Animal Science students traveling the High…

Beef Cattle Browsing – March 2005

Beef Cattle Browsing – March 2005

February 13th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusMarch 2005This 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. ANTHELMINTICS AND SUMMPLEMNTING HEIFERS ON RANGETreatment of growing cattle…

Beef Cattle Browsing – June 2010

Beef Cattle Browsing – June 2010

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. GRAIN-FED OR GRASS-FED GROUND BEEF: WHICH IS HEALTHIER?Angus steers were divided into three…

High Plains Dairy Conference set for March 5-6 in Lubbock

High Plains Dairy Conference set for March 5-6 in Lubbock

January 3rd, 2014

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Ellen Jordan, 972-952-9212, [email protected] LUBBOCK – The High Plains Dairy Conference will bring experts from across the country to address topics specific to the region March 5-6 at The Overton Hotel and Conference Center, 2322 Mac Davis Lane, Lubbock. “The High Plains dairy industry has unique needs created by…

Equine Marketing, Development course offers students international, cultural diversity credit option

December 20th, 2013

By Maggie Berger Students at Texas A&M University are required to take a certain number of core credits regardless of their major. Six of those credit hours must be classes that fall under the category of International and Cultural Diversity (ICD). Equine Marketing and Development was first taught in the fall of 2011. On one…