A carefully timed diet high in roughage like hay may well reduce the incidence of bovine respiratory disease, also known as shipping fever, scientists report this week. The team says that reducing the spread of the pneumonia-like infection could lower the need for mass inoculations of antibiotics just as the young calves are moved from pasture to feed yard. (more…)
The Texas Tech University Agronomy Club took top honors in the Quiz Bowl competition at the Students in Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES) National Meeting, held Nov. 2 – 6 in New Orleans. (more…)
The Texas Tech University Livestock Judging Team was named national champions at the 2007 North American International Livestock Exposition, held Nov. 12 in Louisville, KY. (more…)
Texas Tech University’s Soils Judging Team took first place in the team competition Oct. 25-26 at the Region VII Collegiate Contest in Dalhart. Hosted by West Texas A&M University, six teams from four states competed in the annual event. (more…)
‘Tis poinsettia season for Texas Tech University’s Department of Plant and Soil Science. In the coming weeks members of the department will be selling the holiday “Christmas plant” at the university’s greenhouse located on the corner of Main and Hartford, just north of the United Spirit Arena. (more…)
Four students from Texas Tech University’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences have been awarded $4,500 in scholarships from the West Texas Agricultural Chemical Institute. (more…)
Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources honored three men Nov. 8 as Gerald W. Thomas Outstanding Agriculturalists. The recognition took place during the college’s 80th annual Pig Roast at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. (more…)
Texas Tech University’s Horse Judging Team cinched the top ranking at the 2007 Arabian National Championship in Albuquerque, paving the way for a national title bid at the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) world championship next month. (more…)
Marlena Hartz / Avalanche-Journal / Nov 5, 2007
Little clouds of dirt, translucent and fleeting, rise wherever the animal’s hooves beat against the ground. Kris Wilson observes the horse and rider in silence. (more…)
Texas Tech’s horse judging team ranked first in the nation at the 2007 Arabian National Championship Oct. 27 in Albuquerque, N.M. Teams from 13 other universities and junior colleges, including Colorado State University and New Mexico State University, competed with Tech at the contest, which required teams to judge sets of four Arabian breed horses. (more…)
