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…
January 17th, 2017
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, [email protected] Contact: Dr. Jeff Savell, 979-845-3992, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – There was no shortage of beef nor legends of Texas barbecue at Camp Brisket held recently at Texas A&M University in College Station. Expert pitmasters from all over Texas gathered to teach backyard barbecue enthusiasts and restaurateurs how to better prepare Texas-style barbecue…
January 17th, 2017
Fever ticks are turning up farther north of the border, alarming inspectors Writer: Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express News The dreaded cattle fever tick, carrier of a blood disease that once nearly wiped out the U.S. cattle herd, has landed farther north in the Texas interior, worrying state and federal inspectors that the once-eradicated pest is no…
