July 17th, 2019
Posted on July 16, 2019 by harkin802 By Joe C. Paschal There has been much concern among livestock producers about research and commercial laboratories growing muscle fibers and their plans to market them as meat, specifically “clean” meat, in direct competition with the safe, wholesome, true meat we raise. Meat is defined as “the flesh of an animal,”…
July 17th, 2019
Posted on July 16, 2019 by harkin802 By Susan Himes SAN ANGELO — The Lamb and Goat Market Forecast app for iPhone helps producers pick the best time to sell by projecting marginal revenue per head. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the San Angelo State University information technology department developed the predictive program, and it’s available…
July 13th, 2019
Posted on July 12, 2019 by harkin802 By Courtney Daigle Producers face challenges in recruiting and retaining stockpeople. There are two job openings for each applicant, and much of the agricultural workforce is composed of immigrants. Immigration reform is making it difficult to generate a sustainable agricultural workforce, even as the U.S. demand for foreign labor has increased…
July 13th, 2019
Posted on July 12, 2019 by harkin802 By Adam Russel COLLEGE STATION – The 2019 Ranch Horse Program, to be held Aug. 4 in College Station in conjunction with the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course, will cover a range of topics for successful equine management. The program will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Thomas…
July 9th, 2019
Posted on June 25, 2019 by harkin802 By Blair Fannin COLLEGE STATION – Fence building, brush control, live cattle handling and a carcass fabrication demonstration will be featured at the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 7 in College Station. The short course, which runs Aug. 5-7, is the largest beef educational event in the country and…
July 6th, 2019
Posted on July 5, 2019 by harkin802 By Dennis O’Brien When the sample of semen from the Duroc boar—a breed of domestic pig—arrived in Fort Collins, Colorado this spring, it went largely unnoticed. But the scientists and staff at the Agricultural Research Service’s National Animal Germplasm Collection knew they had reached a milestone. The boar semen was the…
July 4th, 2019
Posted on July 3, 2019 by harkin802 By Kerri Gehring and Jeff Savell Barbecue around the country comes in many different forms. Pulled pork from shoulders or whole hogs, pork spare ribs and baby back ribs, sausage and brisket are familiar fare from coast to coast. One cut, however, is gaining in popularity: the beef rib. Compared to…
July 3rd, 2019
Posted on June 25, 2019 by harkin802 OVERTON – A program on the reduction of winter feeding by stockpiling warm-season forage and/or planting cool-season pastures is scheduled for Aug. 16 in Overton. The event is from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 1710 N. Farm-to-Market Road 3053. The cost is…
July 3rd, 2019
Posted on April 26, 2019 by harkin802 By Sarah Ramsey There’s a rock and roll camp, a space camp, and all sorts of fantasy sports camps. Any kind of camp that gives adults the chance to learn a new skill or get an immersion in a kind of life that’s only accessible to a few is out there….
July 2nd, 2019
By Susan Himes SAN ANGELO — The Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in San Angelo has announced the schedule for the Texas Sheep and Goat Expo and the 46th annual Sheep and Goat Field Day. The two events historically attract participants nationwide and are the country’s largest sheep and goat events, said Robert…
