Author: Jeff Savell
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Window of Acceptability: A 25-year look back
This is the 25th anniversary of one of the most important and significant contributions that Dr. H. Russell Cross and I may have ever made to the livestock and meat industries: the development of the “Window of Acceptability.” This window not only helped demonstrate the amount of fat in meat necessary for tenderness and flavor,…
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Student Profile — Meagan Igo | Department of Animal Science
This post highlights several of our current departmental graduate students including Meagan Igo who now works for the American Meat Science Association. JWS. The Department of Animal Science offers a solid graduate program supported by a current curricula, faculty mentors who are well-known experts in their field of study, and the animal and facility resources…
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ANSC 307, ANSC 437, Graduate Students, Grow Our Economy, Students, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Workshops
Meat Science graduate students gain valuable experiences leading carcass cutting groups
Since the late 1980s, first with Beef 101, then in the 1990s with Beef 706, and then later on with Pork 101, Meat Science graduate students in the Department of Animal Science have gained valuable teaching experiences through their work as cutting instructors for these courses. In each of these programs, graduate students lead cutting…
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Line of fat observed in New York Strip Steaks
We received a request to answer the question why there was a line of fat sometimes present in beef strip steaks. A customer of a meat purveyor had requested a credit for this “defect,” and this is the photo that was sent to us to help answer why this line of fat was present. Gatlan…
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Beef carcass yields and value demonstration in ANSC 437
Each semester in ANSC 437, “Marketing and Grading of Livestock and Meat,” Davey Griffin and I demonstrate yields and value of a beef carcass through an exercise that has been conducted for Beef 101 and Beef 706 over the years. Clay Eastwood led a group of grad students in fabricating one side of a beef carcass…
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Beyond Basics HACCP Plan Improvement Workshop held on November 6-7, 2013
The Beyond Basics: HACCP Plan Improvement Workshop was held on November 6-7, 2013 in the Kleberg Animal and Food Science Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Participants from the United States and Canada brought their HACCP plans, other food safety documents, and plenty of questions to the workshop. The workshop was led…
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5 Of The Tastiest Aggie Foods | TAMUtimes
Five great foods including Texas Aggie Beef Jerky from an article in today’s TAMUtimes! JWS Over the years, researchers across Texas A&M and The Texas A&M University System have cultivated and fine-tuned countless varieties of grains, fruits, vegetables and meats. By focusing these projects on creating high-quality, efficient, economical and environmentally-sound products, Texas A&M has…
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Feed Our World, Grow Our Economy, Protect Our Environment, Sustainability, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Workshops
Beef Sustainability 101 program held for McDonald’s Corporation and suppliers
Beef Sustainability 101 was held on July 9-10, 2013 at the request of McDonald’s Corporation and some of its suppliers to help key members of the McDonald’s Corporation beef supply chain better understand beef production, processing, value, and sustainability. The workshop was conducted by faculty and students from the Department of Animal Science, along with…
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ANSC 289 Texas Barbecue, Enrich Our Youth, Graduate Students, Grow Our Economy, Students, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Aggies participate in Texas Monthly BBQ Festival, 2013 edition | Texas Barbecue
For the third year in a row, Texas A&M University and its BBQ Genius Counter participated in the Texas Monthly BBQ Festival in Austin. Faculty and students from the Department of Animal Science, Jeff Savell, Davey Griffin, Ray Riley, Clay Eastwood, Chloe Geye, Kaitlyn Porter, and Michael Berto, were at the festival working at the…
