March 1st, 2017
COLLEGE STATION – Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence honors were presented to several statewide faculty and staff of Texas A&M AgriLife during a ceremony Jan. 9 on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station. The awards were given to 14 individuals and three teams with a total of 16 members. Officials said the awards…
March 1st, 2017
COLLEGE STATION — William “Brandon” Smith, a doctoral candidate in the Texas A&M University department of soil and crop sciences in College Station and the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Overton, is racking up awards as he approaches graduation. At the recent Texas A&M AgriLife Conference, Smith was awarded the 2016 Vice…
March 1st, 2017
SAN ANGELO—Even after 70 years the annual Texas A&M AgriLife Ram Performance Test is not averse to change, organizers said. Instead of the traditional field day and sale of some of the top Rambouillet rams that successfully completed the test, breeders this year opted to join the 2017 Texas Sheep and Goat Expo, a statewide…
February 27th, 2017
The Texas A&M Beef Quiz Bowl team placed 3rd in the National Collegiate Beef Quiz Bowl co-sponsored by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation and the American Society of Animal Science held at the NCBA Annual Convention in Nashville, TN. The Team qualified for the contest by winning the 2016 Southern Section American Society of Animal Science Academic…
February 24th, 2017
OVERTON – Bull management before and during breeding season can improve producers’ chances for reproductive success, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Dr. Jason Banta, AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, Overton, said it’s important to make sure bulls are ready and in good condition heading into breeding season. A body condition score of…
February 22nd, 2017
Production systems, nutrition, fabrication methods to be featured Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, [email protected] Contacts: Dr. Ron Gill, 845-3579, [email protected]. Jason Cleere, 979-845-6931, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Consumer interest and demand for grass-fed beef continues, and beef producers can learn more about this aspect of production from pasture to plate during a May 2-3 conference at Texas A&M University…
February 6th, 2017
McCalley Cunningham is a junior animal science major from Iola, Texas and wants to pursue a career in veterinary medicine. However, she’s probably not your typical pre-vet student. One of her major interests is entrepreneurship. During her freshman year, Cunningham participated in A&M’s Startup Living Learning Community, a program run by Startup Aggieland where like-minded…
February 3rd, 2017
Writer: Joe C. Paschal, Livestock Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, 361-265-9203, [email protected] As we begin a new year we are faced with an old pest, the fever tick. The fever tick (actually there are two different species) once ranged as far north as Virginia and is the host for the blood parasite that causes Cattle or Tick…
January 30th, 2017
Writer: Adam Russell, 903-8340-6191, [email protected] Contact: Dr. Ron Randel, 903-834-6191, [email protected] OVERTON – The American Society of Animal Science, Southern Section, has announced an annual lectureship named for Dr. Ronald Randel, Texas A&M AgriLife Research physiologist, Overton. The society’s executive committee established the annual invited lectureship for its Physiology Section. The first of the lectures bearing Randel’s…
January 17th, 2017
Contact: Kathleen Phillips, 979-845-2872, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Two Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists were named Faculty Fellow during the 2017 Texas A&M AgriLife Conference in College Station. The Faculty Fellow title given to Dr. Luis Tedeschi and Dr. Jeffery Tomberlin are permanent and become a part of the individual’s title. AgriLife Research established the…
