Department Updates

Beef Cattle Browsing – November 2010

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

Student Profile: Fox wins AQHA World Title

Student Profile: Fox wins AQHA World Title

February 14th, 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.,…

Beef Cattle Browsing – November 2006

February 14th, 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…

Beef Cattle Browsing – November 2012

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 NEW TEXAS ID BEGINS JANUARY 1Beginning January 1, 2013, by virtue of a…

Griffin named AMSA Fellow and 2013 Signal Service Award recipient

February 14th, 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…

Beef Cattle Browsing – July 2012

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 PRUSSIC ACID IN TIFTON 85?An apparently isolated incident of prussic acid poisoning in…

Texas A&M students win AABP Quiz Bowl Championship

February 14th, 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…

Beef Cattle Cattle Browsing – June 2011

February 14th, 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….

Beef Cattle Browsing – March 2011

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. PERFORMANCE OF CALVES SIRED BY HEREFORD, ANGUS, BRAHMAN, BORAN, TULI, AND BELGIAN BLUEAngus, Hereford, and MARC…

Beef Cattle Browsing – October 2008

February 14th, 2014

Beef Cattle Browsing Editor: Dr. Stephen Hammack, Professor & Extension Beef Cattle Specialist EmeritusOctober 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. PRODUCT OF WHERE?Country of Origin Labeling is upon us. The…