July 31st, 2017
COLLEGE STATION – Since 2011, students from Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UAC), have been visiting the Texas A&M University Department of Animal Science. UAC is an agricultural college located in Texcoco, Mexico State in Mexico. Dr. Baldomero Alarcon-Zuniga is a professor of animal science and the leader of their study abroad tour. Each year Dr. Alarcon…
July 31st, 2017
Last month, the American Meat Science Association held the 70th annual Reciprocal Meat Conference on the Texas A&M Campus. The Department of Animal Science hosted over 850 meat science students and professionals who participated in a number of activities from June 16th to 21st. Pre-conference activities at the Rosenthal and Kleberg Centers included a processed…
June 23rd, 2017
Tianti Carter was crowned as the 2017 Miss Rodeo Texas on Thursday, June 15th at the Miss Rodeo Texas Pageant coronation in San Antonio, Texas. Carter is a 21 year old native of Fort Worh, Texas, and represented as Miss Rodeo Austin during the pageant, also winning the prestigious category of horsemanship. In addition to…
June 21st, 2017
Aug. 18-19 mark field day, Texas expo in San Angelo Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, [email protected]: Marvin Ensor, 325-653-4576, [email protected] A group listens and takes notes during a past Texas Sheep and Goat Expo session. This year’s event is set for Aug. 18-19 in San Angelo. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Steve Byrns) SAN ANGELO –…
June 21st, 2017
COLLEGE STATION – Amanda Bradbery, an animal science graduate student at Texas A&M University, is a recipient of the 2017-2018 American Quarter Horse Association – Young Investigator Award from the American Quarter Horse Foundation and the American Quarter Horse Association. The $19,850 grant is awarded to students to use towards project funding. Bradbery will be…
June 16th, 2017
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, [email protected]: Chad Coburn, 325-378-3181, [email protected] Ensor, 325-653-4576, [email protected] SAN ANGELO – The Texas Sheep and Goat Expo slated for Aug. 18-19 at San Angelo’s First Community Spur Arena has added a youth component. Billed as the largest, most comprehensive educational event of its kind, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service-conducted expo addresses wool sheep,…
June 1st, 2017
COLLEGE STATION – Bailey Engle, an animal science graduate student at Texas A&M University, has been awarded a travel bursary to present her research at the International Society for Animal Genetics Conference in Dublin, Ireland in July. She received the grant based on the recommendations of the Animal Genetics journal editors. Engle’s research, “Influence of…
June 1st, 2017
Where History, Tradition and Science Meat COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University has been chosen by the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) to host the organization’s 70th annual Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) scheduled for June 18-21, 2017. RMC serves as the annual meeting of AMSA and features an interactive program tailored to share research findings…
June 1st, 2017
Dr. Andy Herring, professor and holder of the John K. Riggs ’41 Beef Cattle Professorship in the Department of Animal Science, grew up near Talpa, Texas, on the border of Runnels and Coleman counties on a ranch that has been in his family since 1886. He earned his first dollar mowing his neighbor’s lawn, although…
May 31st, 2017
COLLEGE STATION – In the fall of 2016, two animal science students participated in an internship opportunity unlike any other. Leah Fancher, of Katy, Texas, and Sydney Herring, of Franklin, Texas, both seniors, participated in a semester long internship throughout South Africa, with the primary focus being on veterinary science, a field both girls want…
