The Department of Agricultural Sciences Caviness Meat Science and Innovation Center
serves as one of three of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Cattle and Carcass Training Centers.
In December, the Department hosted a USDA Feeder Cattle Grading Training,
where attendees evaluated a variety of feeder calves.
Dr. Ty Lawrence, Caviness Davis Distinguished Chair in Meat Science, Professor
of Animal Science and Director of the Beef Carcass Research Center (BCRC),
presented Feeder Cattle Evaluation 101,
as well as led the group in viewing and evaluating the feeder cattle.
The 20 head of feeder calves will be put on feed at the WT Feedlot to be finished out
and later evaluated at the summer USDA Cattle Grading Training.
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