June 8th, 2018
OVERTON – Stockpiled forages and winter annuals can reduce the need for and cost of hay and other supplemental feed for beef cattle producers in regions with adequate annual rainfall, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Dr. Jason Banta, AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, Overton, said producers can reduce the need for hay and…
June 8th, 2018
By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Livestock Specialist Joe C. Paschal, PhD. As far as technologies go, body condition scoring is one of the most useful and least expensive. No computers, no scales – heck, you don’t even have to pen your cows to apply it. Although body condition was certainly used before the 1960s, I…
June 7th, 2018
By: Gilda V. Bryant, Working Ranch Magazine, [email protected] In the late 1800s, Texas Cattle Fever caused extensive cattle losses. To combat this deadly disease caused by ticks, the Bureau of Animal Industries, predecessor of the USDA (see Looking Back, September/October 2017 issue, p. 162), developed the first tick eradication program in 1906. When ticks were…
June 7th, 2018
Writer: Joe Paschal, 361-265-9203, [email protected] Every five years or so, an audit of most of the major beef processors in the U.S. is conducted, sampling 10 percent of a fed or non-fed beef plant’s kill, and funded by the Beef Check Off. The audits are used as an indicator of the direction of U.S. beef…
June 7th, 2018
AgriLife Researcher: Severe ‘orf’ cases appear to be increasing in West Texas Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, [email protected] Contacts: Dr. John Walker, 325-653-4576, [email protected] Dr. Reid Redden, 325-653-4576, [email protected] SAN ANGELO – With sore mouth cases in goats reportedly on the rise,Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center agencies in San Angelo will seek producer input on a possible study…
June 7th, 2018
Dr. Mark Hussey announced today that Dr. Clare Gill will be serving as the new interim department head of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, effective August 1, 2017. Dr. Gill completed her Ph.D. from University of Adeliade, located in Australia, in molecular genetics. Her bachelor’s degree in biotechnology is from Flinders University of South Australia….
June 7th, 2018
Producers should consider consignments now for Aug. 18 event Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, [email protected] Contact: Dr. Reid Redden, 325-653-4576, [email protected] SAN ANGELO – Plans are being made to conduct a second performance-oriented sheep and goat sale Aug. 18 immediately after the Texas Sheep and Goat Expo, organizers said. The expo, conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife, is billed…
June 7th, 2018
Writer: Chelsie Huseman, 979-845-5264, [email protected] The Equine section of the Animal Science department attended the 25th Symposium of the Equine Science Society hosted by the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN on May 30-June 2. Several graduate students presented or had a poster representing their research at the symposium. Emily Dickson presented in the Production…
June 7th, 2018
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, [email protected] Contact: Dr. Davey Griffin, 979-845-3935, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Who says summer camp is just for youth? At Texas A&M University, adults flocked to summer barbecue camp in College Station by the hundreds to find out how to cook great beef brisket, pork ribs, chicken and other cuts of meat…
June 7th, 2018
BY JOE PASCHAL Recently I was asked to participate in an educational program initiated by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension called “Path to the Plate.” The purpose is to educate our consumers about agricultural products – fibers, grains, vegetables and animal proteins, about where their food comes from and how it is produced. It might seem…
