Department Updates

Value-Based Marketing of Beef

Value-Based Marketing of Beef

July 6th, 2023

Jeffrey W. Savell Professor, E.M. Rosenthal Chairholder, and Leader, Meat Science Section, Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, 2471 TAMU, College Station, Texas, 77843-2471 Introduction For beef to compete in today’s marketplace, both domestic and export, cattle breeders must better understand marketing. Meeting the needs of the customer is something that every successful business…

Standardized Warner-Bratzler Shear Force Procedures for Genetic Evaluation

Standardized Warner-Bratzler Shear Force Procedures for Genetic Evaluation

July 6th, 2023

Committee Members Jeff Savell, Texas A&M University, Chair; Rhonda Miller, Texas A&M University; Tommy Wheeler, MARC; Mohammad Koohmaraie, MARC; Steven Shackelford, MARC; Brad Morgan, Oklahoma State University; Chris Calkins, University of Nebraska; Mark Miller, Texas Tech University; Michael Dikeman, Kansas State University; Floyd McKeith, University of Illinois; Glen Dolezal, Oklahoma State University; Bill Henning, Pennsylvania…

Making Some Sense Out of Ground Beef Labeling

July 6th, 2023

Davey Griffin, Professor and Extension Meat SpecialistTexas A&M Agrilife Extension Service When consumers go to the grocery store, they are confronted with a variety of items from which to select. One of the most commonly purchased items from the beef section is ground beef. Because of its functionality in a multitude of different entree items, ground…

National Beef Quality Audit — 2005

National Beef Quality Audit — 2005

July 6th, 2023

Final Report Of The National Beef Quality Audit—2005: A New Benchmark For The U.S. Beef Industry Gary C. Smith, J.W. Savell, J.B. Morgan and T.E. LawrenceColorado State University (Fort Collins, CO); Texas A&M University (College Station, TX);Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK); West Texas A&M University (Canyon, TX)  Summary “In truth, it is the value of…

National Beef Quality Audit — 1995

National Beef Quality Audit — 1995

July 6th, 2023

Brief Overview The purpose was “to conduct the sequel to the National Beef Quality Audit — 1991, a quality audit of slaughter cattle (their carcasses and dress off/offal items) for the U.S. beef industry in 1995, establishing baselines for present quality shortfalls and identifying targets for desired quality levels by the year 2005.” Since the…

June Competitive Teams Update

June 29th, 2023

Horse Judging Team The Texas A&M Horse Judging Team hosted their annual summer horse judging camp June 2-4. The camp was the largest in size this year, doubling its numbers since 2021. Past and current team members helped with all of the teaching sessions and were fantastic leaders. Next month, we will be conducting for…

American Society of Animal Science Awards

June 28th, 2023

Dr. Luis O. Tedeschi has gained international recognition for his growth and bioenergetic research and decision-support system in ruminants to help stakeholders achieve profitable animal production. Since the 1990s, Tedeschi has published 282 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 76 editor-reviewed manuscripts, 42 books or book chapters, and more than 289 abstracts, totaling more than 732 scientific publications on…

Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team to Host Fundraising Gala July 22

June 13th, 2023

The Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team is holding a special fundraising gala to help raise funds for future team scholarships and travel expenses on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at the Stella Hotel in Bryan. This alumni-driven event will be a chance for you to reminisce about the good old times with teammates with a focus…

Changes to availability of some livestock antibiotics coming June 11

Changes to availability of some livestock antibiotics coming June 11

June 5th, 2023

From AgriLife Today feature, by Kay Ledbetter Don’t wait. Get to know your local veterinarian now and establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship if you expect to treat livestock in the future, as over-the-counter livestock antibiotics will soon require a prescription. That is the advice of a team of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts trying to help livestock…

April Competitive Teams Results

May 8th, 2023

The spring 2023 semester is wrapping up! Check out the latest results from our Horse Judging, Ranch Horse and the Texas Aggie Rodeo teams from their contests in April.  Horse Judging Team Congratulations to the Texas A&M Horse Judging Team for a clean sweep at the 2023 Spring Collegiate Sweepstakes at the University of Arkansas…