Department Updates

Beef Cattle Browsing – November 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. NATIONAL MEAT CASE STUDY, 2010Every year, a survey funded partially by the Beef Checkoff is made… Read More →

Student Profile: Fox wins AQHA World Title

February 13th, 2014

OKLAHOMA CITY-The American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show, held in Oklahoma City each year, could be considered a pinnacle event in the horse showing industry, complete with all the glitz and glamor a show of this magnitude would be expected to include. Luckily for senior animal science major Katie Fox, from Chino Hills, Ca.,… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – November 2006

February 13th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Emeritus November 2006This 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 ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM – WHERE DOES IT STAND?Although… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – November 2012

February 13th, 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 NEW TEXAS ID BEGINS JANUARY 1Beginning January 1, 2013, by virtue of a… Read More →

Griffin named AMSA Fellow and 2013 Signal Service Award recipient

February 13th, 2014

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Davey Griffin, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service meat specialist and associate professor in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University, has been named American Meat Science Association Fellow and Signal Service Award winner. The award was given in recognition of devoted service and lasting contributions to the meat… Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – July 2012

February 13th, 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 PRUSSIC ACID IN TIFTON 85?An apparently isolated incident of prussic acid poisoning in… Read More →

Texas A&M students win AABP Quiz Bowl Championship

February 13th, 2014

The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Student Quiz Bowl team from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) won the national quiz bowl competition at the 46th Annual Conference of the AABP held in September in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The team members included third-year veterinary student Jayton Bailey, third-year veterinary student… Read More →

Parents’ Weekend Activities

February 13th, 2014

The Saddle & Sirloin Club is hosting a series of events during the 2013 Parents’ Weekend. The weekend promises to be full of great food and a lot of fun! The schedule is as follows: Friday, April 12Little Southwestern – 3 p.m. at Pearce PavilionParents’ Weekend BBQ Cook-off – 3 p.m. at Pearce Pavilion*Contact Brent… Read More →

Beef Cattle Cattle Browsing – June 2011

February 13th, 2014

Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Emeritus 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. DROUGHT AND VITAMIN AMost of Texas is currently under drought conditions, much of them severe…. Read More →

Beef Cattle Browsing – March 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. PERFORMANCE OF CALVES SIRED BY HEREFORD, ANGUS, BRAHMAN, BORAN, TULI, AND BELGIAN BLUEAngus, Hereford, and MARC… Read More →