Author: Jeff Savell
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Creative Sausage Making workshop to be held January 13-14, 2017
The next session of Creative Sausage Making is scheduled for January 13-14, 2017. Registration for the seminar, led by our resident sausage expert, Dr. Wes Osburn, is now open through our Texas A&M AgriLife Extension registration online system. To be sure that the program allows for hands-on sausage manufacturing opportunities, the workshop is limited to the…
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Meat Judging Reunion, May 6-7, 2017
The Department of Animal Science announces the Texas A&M University Meat Judging Reunion, May 5-6, 2017. Mark your calendars and look for more information about this event next spring.
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Poultry 201 to be held at Texas A&M University, October 25-27, 2016
Our colleagues in poultry science are hosting Poultry 201, October 25-27, 2016 at Texas A&M University. Go to the Poultry 201 page <www.poultry101.com/poultry201.html> for details. Poultry 201 is an in-depth workshop that covers all aspects of marination and batter and breading systems for poultry products. Topics will include meat chemistry, functional ingredients used, marination methods,…
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Clay Eastwood receives Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Graduate Teaching
Clay Eastwood received the Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Graduate Teaching at a ceremony at the AgriLife Center on Thursday, September 29, 2016. This award recognizes graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for their outstanding contribution to teaching undergraduates. Clay is from New Braunfels, Texas and received both her Bachelor’s degree…
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Brogan Horton receives NAMI scholarship
The NAMI Scholarship Foundation announced the recipients of its 2016-2017 undergraduate scholarship awards. Nine high-performing undergraduate students received a combined total of $27,000 to pursue degrees in animal, meat and food science, or in a culinary arts program. Brian Klopf received the Frank DeBenedetti Memorial Scholarship to continue his studies in food science at Iowa…
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Breakfast with the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Meat Judging Team
Come have breakfast with the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Meat Judging Team at 9 AM on Saturday, September 10, 2016 before the Texas A&M University versus Prairie View A&M University football game at 11 AM that day. Breakfast will be held at the Rosenthal Meat Center on campus. Come meet the meat judgers, read reasons, and…
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AMSA honors Dr. Wesley Osburn as the 2016 AMSA Processing Award Winner | Animal Science
The American Meat Science Association has announced that Dr. Wesley Osburn, Associate Professor of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, is the recipient of the 2016 Meat Processing Award. The award is sponsored by Smithfield Foods, Inc. Dr. Osburn was honored at a special awards banquet at the AMSA 69th Reciprocal Meat Conference on Tuesday, June…
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Dr. Rhonda K. Miller Awarded 2016 American Society of Animal Science Meats Research Award | Animal Science
Contact: Kim Schoonmaker, 217-356-9050 ext. 4, kims@asas.org Dr. Rhonda K. Miller has been named the recipient of the 2016 American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Meats Research Award by the ASAS during its annual meeting this week in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Miller grew up on a livestock/crop operation in Holyoke, CO and earned her…
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Courtney Boykin receives SMIKids graduate scholarship for 2016-2017
Courtney Boykin, a Meat Science graduate student from Pflugerville, Texas, is this year’s graduate recipient of the SMIKids Scholarship. Courtney was presented the scholarship at the 60th Annual Southwest Meat Association Annual Convention and Supplier’s Showcase held at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort at Cedar Creek, Texas on July 27-30, 2016. The SMIKids Scholarships are given by…
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Students attend Southwest Meat Association 60th Convention
Students from the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University participated in the 60th Annual Convention and Supplier’s Showcase of the Southwest Meat Association, which was held at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort at Cedar Creek, Texas on July 27-30, 2016. Adam Murray and Dylan Tucker served as student assistants at the convention,…
