June 24th, 2019
By Blair Fannin COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 5-7 at Texas A&M University in College Station will include a youth track featuring a number of educational sessions. A tour of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will be one of the highlights along with a…
June 20th, 2019
Posted on June 19, 2019 by harkin802 By Ashley Ross While some residents are spending their summer vacation swimming in the pool, traveling with family or even relaxing at home, one local young man is spending the next couple of months learning more about his favorite subject: agriculture. Merrick Irvin, a 2017 Godley High School alum, is participating…
June 4th, 2019
OVERTON – Dr. Ron Randel, Texas A&M AgriLife Research physiologist, announced his retirement after more than four decades of beef cattle research and teaching. Randel said he left a good position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service in 1974 to join AgriLife Research. He enjoyed the research aspect of the USDA job,…
June 1st, 2019
Posted on May 24, 2019 by harkin802 BUILD’s new Texas Aggie Medical Clinic in Laredo — recently dedicated in honor of William M. Peña — is the first of its kind to be located in the United States. During the past five years, volunteers from the Texas A&M University student organization have converted 22 shipping containers into fully-functional medical clinics…
June 1st, 2019
Posted on April 24, 2019 by harkin802 By Joe Paschal African Swine Fever (ASF as it is commonly referred to) has been in the news recently as a result of an outbreak in China. It is a major health threat to swine production in many countries, but fortunately it is not in the United States. ASF is a…
May 30th, 2019
Posted on May 29, 2019 by maggielberger A team of Texas A&M researchers says breathing bad air can result in numerous problems for pregnant women. By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications In a comprehensive study, researchers from Texas A&M University have determined that harmful particulate matter in the atmosphere can produce birth defects…
May 29th, 2019
Ted Friend, retired Professor Emeritus in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, recently returned from two weeks near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, helping to get the private owners of elephants in Southern Africa organized to start an animal welfare assurance program, similar to the successful BQA. The populations of elephants in the federal…
May 29th, 2019
Posted on May 28, 2019 by harkin802 By Traci Edwards A tailor-made treatment combined three phages. THE HATFULL LABORATOR She then endured a double lung transplant to treat the disease. Her skin was covered in lesions and her liver began to fail, she lost weight and could barely breathe. No previous transplant patient to have been infected with Mycobacterium abscessus at the…
May 29th, 2019
Posted on May 24, 2019 by harkin802 Dr. Brittni P. Littlejohn is the recipient of the 2019 ASAS Agri-King Outstanding Animal Science Graduate Student Award, presented to her Thursday, July 10, during the Physiology and Endocrinology Session II, at the 2019 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting held in Austin, Texas. Dr. Brittni P. Littlejohn is a Postdoctoral Associate in the…
May 28th, 2019
Posted on May 28, 2019 by harkin802 By Reid Redden SAN ANGELO — A handpicked selection of two dozen chefs, butchers, retailers, food writers and bloggers recently descended upon the Hillingdon Ranch near Comfort for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and American Lamb Board’s inaugural retreat. Attendee Ali Kahn, host of the television show “Cheap Eats” and…
