Animal & Food Sciences
Welcome to the Department of Animal and Food Sciences Web site at Texas Tech University. Our department is committed to providing each student a quality educational experience in a personalized environment. We're very proud of the accomplishments of our students and alumni and trust that you will consider making our department your home.
Upcoming Events
March 31: Invitational FFA and 4-H Judging Contests
April 14: Area FFA Judging Contests
April 14: Department of Animal & Food Sciences Spring Banquet
April 21: State FFA and District 4-H Judging Contests
June 3-5 & June 6-8: TTU Livestock and Meat Judging Camps - Download the 2012 Application Here
June 11-15: State 4-H Roundup
July 17-18: Youth Beef 706 Program
July 23-25: 4-H Livestock Ambassador Program
Vision & Tradition: The Campaign for Texas Tech
Celebrate the announcement of our historic campaign and remember the traditions and experiences that make Texas Tech a place where great things happen.
Prospective Students
Admissions & Financial Aid Information
Animal Science Undergraduate Degree Requirements
Food Science Undergraduate Degree Requirements
In the News...
Researchers help keep salmonella out of beef
A team of Texas Tech researchers was awarded $540,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and an additional $150,000 matching funds from the Beef Checkoff program to research and provide solutions for salmonella in cattle.
Texas Tech Therapeutic Riding Center Hippotherapy Program
Marcela Garcia visits the Texas Tech Therapeutic Riding Center to profile their Hippotherapy program. The program uses horses as treatment tools for physical, occupational and speech therapy.
Texas Tech judging teams preparing for various competitions
If you bring wool, meat or livestock around students in the Animal and Food Sciences department, prepare to be judged.
AFS’s Gragg, Chaney win top food and environmental safety awards in Chicago
Sara Gragg and Evan Chaney, doctoral students from Tech’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences, were presented the top two Food and Environmental Safety awards for outstanding research presentations.
Texas students test skills in meat show
Students in the Advanced Processed and Cured Meat course at Texas Tech showed off the work they've invested in for months. They were challenged to create an original processed meat item for a meat show held on campus.
Rathmann receives John W. and Doris Jones Endowed Professorship
Ryan Rathmann, one of the nation’s top livestock judging team coaches, has been selected as the first John W. and Doris Jones Endowed Professor in Texas Tech University’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences.
Texas Tech livestock judging team wins seventh national championship
Texas Tech’s livestock judging team was crowned national champions Nov. 15 at the 2011 North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville.
Texas Tech meat judging team walks away with national championship title
Texas Tech’s powerhouse meat judging team took first place this weekend, claiming the national championship title at the American Meat Science Association’s International Meat Judging Contest held Nov. 13 in Dakota City, Neb.
All-Americans; Tech livestock judging leaders honored as the nation’s best
In an overwhelming show of academic strength, six outstanding seniors from Texas Tech University received All-American Livestock Judging Team Award honors on Tuesday (Nov. 15) at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville.
Tech’s Taylor Langdon rides to victory at AQHA World Championship Show
For the second year in a row, Texas Tech’s standout barrel racer Taylor Langdon has won the amateur barrel racing world championship at the American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show.
Winning Ways; Livestock judging team continues victory run at state fairs
Texas Tech’s livestock judging team continued their winning streak by taking first place at the Tulsa State Fair (Oct.8 ) and the State Fair of Texas (Oct. 10).
Meat Judging Team aces Nebraska's American Royal Meat Judging Contest
Texas Tech’s Meat Judging Team continued its winning streak with a first-place finish on Sunday (Oct. 16) at the American Royal Meat Judging Contest in Omaha, Neb.
Brashears presented ARCS Foundation's 'Scientist of the Year' award
Mindy Brashears, director of Texas Tech's International Center for Food Industry Excellence, has been selected to receive the 'Scientist of the Year' award by the Lubbock Chapter of the ARCS Foundation.
In Profile: Pawan Takhar brings international know-how to food science
As one of Texas Tech's leading food science researchers, Pawan Takhar is the personification of international expertise and cooperation within the university's respected International Center for Food Industry Excellence.
First-Timers; Livestock judging team wins big at National Barrow Show
Texas Tech’s livestock judging team won first place today (Sept. 13) at the National Barrow Show in Austin, Minn.
Strategic Hiring of Noted Food Science Researcher
Texas Tech continued its quest toward Tier One status with the strategic hiring of a respected food science researcher, Kendra Nightingale, who will help grow the university’s research capabilities.
AFS Therapeutic Riding Center Expansion Underway
In order to house the continual growth of research and therapy programs at the Texas Tech Therapeutic Riding Center, the center has constructed an entirely new building, the Texas Tech Therapeutic Teaching and Research Facility.