Category: Meat Judging
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Voegele receives NAMA Scholarship Foundation Grant, Bush Presidential Library Undergraduate Travel Grant
Hope Voegele, an undergraduate student in the Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, received a scholarship grant from the NAMA Scholarship Foundation in the amount of $2,250 at the Annual Convention of the North American Meat Association held March 19-22, 2014 in Palm Springs, Calif. In addition to the scholarship, she received a $500…
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Meat Judging exposes students to the meat industry « Department of Animal Science
A wonderful write-up of the excellent opportunities for students to see the meat industry while on the meat judging team. JWS By Davey Griffin, Ph.D. Professor, Extension Meat Specialist and Coordinator of the Meat Judging Team When students tell parents, fellow students and friends they are on the Texas A&M University Meat Judging Team, they…
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Rollstock packaging machine is the newest addition to the Rosenthal Meat Center
The Rosenthal Meat Center has increased its ability to teach packaging technologies through the recent addition of a fully automated Rollstock Packaging Machine. The Rollstock machine is a state-of-the-art packaging system that will vacuum package all types of products. The machine was donated by Texas Meat Purveyors (a division of Freedman Foodservice, LP) in San…
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Aggies named to All American Meat Judging Team
Three members of the Meat Judging Team, Mallorie Phelps, Jessie Hoffman and James Boyd Vaughan, were named to the 2013 All American Meat Judging Team during the International Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest held Nov. 17 at Tyson Foods in Dakota City, Neb. For the past ten years AMSA has recognized students for their performance in…
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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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Texas A&M University Meat Judging Team wins American Royal contest
The Texas A&M University Meat Judging Team won the American Royal Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest held in Omaha, Nebraska on October 20, 2013. The team practiced at the Rosenthal Meat Center, Tyson Beef (Amarillo, TX), Cargill Beef (Schuyler, NE), and the University of Nebraska before competing in the contest. Overall team rankings were: 1st Texas A&M…
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Texas A&M Students Win AABP Quiz Bowl Championship – Texas A&M Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
We congratulate Bryan Weaver, a former B.S. animal science student and meat judging team member, and John David Nicholson, a former B.S. and M.S. student in the Meat Science Section, Department of Animal Science, for their accomplishments in this quiz bowl competition. JWS The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Student Quiz Bowl team from…
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Meagan Igo joining American Meat Science Association as Youth Programs Coordinator
This is the press release from the American Meat Science Association announcing that Meagan Igo will be joining the association mid-summer. AMSA is excited to announce Meagan Igo will be joining the AMSA team July 1st as the Youth Programs Coordinator. In her position, Igo will be serve as the primary staff support to the current…
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Amanda Smith receives Z.L. Carpenter Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Amanda Smith, a recent Master of Science graduate in the Department of Animal Science with Graduate Certificates in Meat Science and Food Safety, received the Z.L. Carpenter Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Meat Science for 2012. This award is presented annually to a graduate student who demonstrates outstanding leadership skills and has contributed significantly…
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Leslie Frenzel receives Distinguished Graduate Student Award in Teaching
Leslie Frenzel, Ph.D. student in the Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, received one of the Distinguished Graduate Student Awards in the category of Excellence in Teaching at a ceremony at the Memorial Student Center on Monday, April 29, 2013. Frenzel is a native of New Berlin, Texas and is married to Mark Frenzel,…
