Department Updates

Beef Cattle Browsing – October 2009

February 13th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusOctober 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.EFFECT OF CAP-AND-TRADE ON AGRICULTURE FINANCIAL PROFILESAn analysis was conducted… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – December 2009

February 13th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusDecember 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.PREDICTED EFFECTS OF CLIMATE-CHANGE LEGISLATIONWhat effects on livestock production might… Read More →

Wickersham driven to success by opportunities to impact students

February 13th, 2014

By Olivia Norton Animal nutrition played a vital role in Tryon Wickersham’s life growing up around his parents’ cow-calf operation. Little did he know, a move to Texas following high school in Colorado would bring him to Texas A&M to pursue a degree in that very subject of livestock production. While Wickersham has always been… Read More →

Special youth program to be offered at Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course | AgriLife Today

February 13th, 2014

Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, [email protected]: Dr. Jason Cleere, 979-845-6931, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Youth can learn more about the beef industry during a special hands-on program held in conjunction with the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 6-8 at Texas A&M University in College Station. The program will feature a variety of educational sessions,… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – Feb. 2011

February 13th, 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. CLIMATE CHANGE?The United Kingdom’s Royal Society, similar to our National Academy of Sciences,… Read More →

Dr. Stephen Hammack

Beef Cattle Browsing – January 2009

February 13th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusJanuary 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. COOL MARCHES ONBut to a slightly different drummer. The… Read More →

Faculty Profile: Smith’s travels abroad influence his career, scientific research

February 13th, 2014

By Victoria PilgerClass ’15 Originally from California, Dr. Stephen Smith has traveled around the globe but has called Texas home for the past 30 years. He has traveled thousands of miles to Australia, Korea, China and Japan where he has partnered with various universities to study the limitations of marbling in beef cattle. Smith earned… Read More →

Distinguished Texan E. M. “Manny” Rosenthal remembered through family memories « College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

February 13th, 2014

By Meagan Ghormley E.M. “Manny” Rosenthal, namesake of the Rosenthal Meat Science and Technology Center, was presented the 2012 Texas A&M University Distinguished Texas in Agriculture Award posthumously on Oct. 23. His wife and longtime business partner, Roz Rosenthal, accepted the award and, along with her son Billy, shared family memories and lessons learned from… Read More →

Study focuses on feeding beef cattle algae co-products

February 13th, 2014

COLLEGE STATION – Algae typically is not associated with cattle feed, but a group of researchers in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University has found interesting results that may change this in the future. Animal Science graduate student Merritt Drewery, Dr. Tryon Wickersham, associate professor, and Dr. Jason Sawyer, associate professor, are… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – October 2010

February 13th, 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. RED MEAT AND COLON CANCERA recent summary of 35 research studies evaluated the… Read More →