Department Updates

Beef Cattle Browsing – July 2009

Beef Cattle Browsing – July 2009

February 14th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusJuly 2009This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack.DOES MEAT CAUSE BREAST CANCER?Not according to a recently published…

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension leads 4-H Equine Ambassador Program to train future leaders

February 14th, 2014

By Olivia Norton Texas A&M AgriLife Extension invited 25 of the most promising equine driven 4-H students in Texas to Gainesville in July to try their hand at becoming an equine ambassador by completing a five-day program that allowed students to walk through and participate in each facet of the equine industry. The Equine Ambassador…

Summer program engages students in undergraduate research

February 14th, 2014

COLLEGE STATION — Animal science student Michelle Gutierrez had not conducted research prior to this summer, but now thanks to an undergraduate research program at Texas A&M University she knows the proper technique of staining tissues, extracting RNA and extracting testosterone from testicular tissue. Gutierrez, a senior from McAllen, was one of five undergraduate students…

Beef Cattle Browsing- April 2012

Beef Cattle Browsing- April 2012

February 14th, 2014

Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Emeritus WHAT IS LEAN, FINELY TEXTURED BEEF?For one, it’s not new. Lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) is simply beef and not slime, pink or otherwise. And it’s not “additive” or “filler”. According to the American Meat Institute, LFTB is produced through a mechanical process similar…

Beef Cattle Browsing – July 2011

Beef Cattle Browsing – July 2011

February 14th, 2014

This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack. Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Emeritus TEXAS A&M BEEF CATTLE SHORT COURSEThe 57th Annual Beef Cattle Short Course…

Beef Cattle Browsing – June 2008

Beef Cattle Browsing – June 2008

February 14th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusJune 2008This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack. SOUTHERN CALVES ARE SORRYNot so, according to a study…

Poe joins department as lecturer, judging team coordinator

Poe joins department as lecturer, judging team coordinator

February 14th, 2014

COLLEGE STATION — Brant Poe joined the Department of Animal Science on Aug. 15 as a lecturer and will transition into coordinating the Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team in 2013. Poe will be responsible for teaching livestock evaluation, general animal science and meat evaluation, and will begin working with members of the junior livestock judging…

Beef Cattle Browsing – August 2010

Beef Cattle Browsing – August 2010

February 14th, 2014

Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusThis newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack. EATING MEAT CAUSED OUR BRAINS TO ENLARGE?That was the theory voiced in a…

Beef Cattle Browsing – February 2010

Beef Cattle Browsing – February 2010

February 14th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusMarch 2010This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack.NATIONAL ID CHANGESThe Secretary of Agriculture announced on February 5…

Beef Cattle Browsing – August 2011

Beef Cattle Browsing – August 2011

February 14th, 2014

This newsletter is published by Texas AgriLife Extension – Animal Science. Media, feel free to use this information as needed and cite Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Browsing Newsletter, Dr. Steve Hammack. Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Emeritus WATER: IT’S NOT JUST QUANTITYAll areas of Texas are experiencing drought, much…