Tag: Clay Eastwood
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2021 Center of the Plate Training held at Texas A&M University
The 2021 Center of the Plate Training, sponsored by the North American Meat Institute, was held at the Rosenthal Meat Center at Texas A&M University on July 20-22, 2021. The Center of the Plate Training is designed for purchasers and sellers of meat and poultry to better understand the nomenclature and utilization of cuts for…
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2019 Center of the Plate Training held at Texas A&M University
The 2019 Center of the Plate Training, sponsored by the North American Meat Institute, was held at the Rosenthal Meat Center at Texas A&M University on June 18-20, 2019. The Center of the Plate Training is designed for purchasers and sellers of meat and poultry to better understand the nomenclature and utilization of cuts for…
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Clay Eastwood receives ANSC Award for Outstanding PhD Graduate Student
Clay Eastwood, a PhD candidate in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, received the ANSC Award for Outstanding PhD Graduate Student, at the Animal Science Awards Banquet on Thursday, April 26, 2018. This is the first year for this award with selection criteria based on evidence of excellence in academics, research, teaching,…
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Scientific articles from National Beef Quality Audit – 2016
The National Beef Quality Audit – 2016 marks the 25th year since the original National Beef Quality Audit was conducted and represents the opportunity for the beef industry to assess factors that impact the quality, quantity, and value of cattle, carcasses, and by-products. The audit is funded by the Beef Checkoff and is managed by…
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Upcoming Beef 101 dates scheduled for 2018
2021 update: Anyone interested in attending future Beef 101 courses in late 2021 and 2022, please email Dr. Davey Griffin at dgriff@tamu.edu to receive advance notice of upcoming courses. Beef 101, the three-day intensive hands-on program conducted at Texas A&M University and designed for anyone who has an interest in expanding their knowledge of the…
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Grad students provide leadership to Beef 101 program
Beef 101 began in 1989, and from the start, graduate students have played an important role in the success of this program. This is especially evident on day 2 where the participants are assigned to cutting groups, and the grad students lead these groups describing where the cuts are to be made, answering questions about…
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Clay Eastwood receives Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Graduate Student Teaching
Clay Eastwood received the Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Graduate Student Teaching at a ceremony at the AgriLife Center on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. This award recognizes graduate students for their outstanding contribution to the undergraduate teaching program at Texas A&M University. Clay has been recognized many times for her outstanding teaching. Most recently,…
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Creative Sausage Making 2017 at Texas A&M
The fourth annual Creative Sausage Making class, a joint venture between the Meat Science Section of the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, was held on January 13-14, 2017 at the Rosenthal Meat Center. Thirty participants, representing barbecue companies, foodservice distributors, retailers, corporate chefs and backyard enthusiasts came to learn sausage production from…
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Papers presented at ICoMST 2017 in Cork, Ireland
Rhonda Miller, Gordon Carstens, Hannah Laird, Clay Eastwood, and Jeff Savell of the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University participated in and presented papers at the 63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST), which was held in Cork, Ireland on August 13-18, 2017. Carstens presented his paper during the oral sessions…
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Students participate in Southwest Meat Association Annual Convention
A number of undergraduate and graduate students from the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University participated in the Southwest Meat Association Annual Convention and Suppliers Showcase held at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, Texas, July 19 to 22, 2017. Kirby Bohls and Jill Jobe served as student assistants for…
