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…
July 1st, 2019
Beef industry professionals can apply now to be part of the Class of 2019-2020. COLLEGE STATION, Texas. – Applications are open for the 44 Farms International Beef Cattle Academy. Now in its second year, the academy offers a one-year, comprehensive online certificate program to beef industry professionals through Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. “Our inaugural class is…
July 1st, 2019
The Texas A&M Meat Science Quiz Bowl team finished 3rd and 7th out of 29 teams. The national competition was held in conjunction with the Reciprocal Meat Conference hosted by Colorado State University. !Left to Right: Dan Hale – Coordinator, Brogan Horton – Team Coach, Brittany Shipp – Baytown, Texas, Hayden Blumberg – Sinton, Texas,…
