The 2023 ISU consignment included a total of 26 horses, 10 owned and raised by the Iowa State University Horse Farm and 16 additional client-owned yearlings.
It is not as common to hear of a daughter going back to take over the family farm, but that is exactly what Lillie Beringer-Crock did. Hailing from Cascade, Iowa, Lillie has been farming full-time since February of this year.
The 2023 International Congress of Meat Science and Technology was held in Padova, Italy, August 21-25. Five hundred delegates from six continents attended.
Sara Kvidera found her passion for animal science close to home. Hailing from Traer, Iowa, on a row crop and cattle farm, Sara fell in love with cattle through taking care of the orphan calves on her family’s operation.
For the Iowa State turkey research team one of the major conferences is the annual Poultry Science Association Annual Conference. This year, it was held in Philadelphia PA from July 10th through the July 13th.
Mathias Peters credits his career path to his background in agriculture. Mathias grew up outside Bellevue, Iowa, on his family’s beef cattle and diversified crop farm.
This summer the Iowa State University Sheep Teaching farm consigned Hampshire rams to the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP) annual sales in Spencer, Iowa and an online platform.
Animal Science Roundup is a three-day immersive program for youth grades 8-12 that have an interest in one of the following areas: beef cattle, dairy cattle, dogs, horse, poultry, sheep, or swine.
Michaela Gregorich enrolled at Iowa State University with her sights set on veterinary school. Growing up, she loved running around on her uncle’s farm, so it made the most sense to her to choose this path.
The Department of Animal Science at Iowa State University held their first one-of-a-kind showcase on animal nutrition for animal feed industry professionals on May 19, 2023.
Several faculty and graduate students from Iowa State Department of Animal Science at the US Precision Livestock Farming Conference (USPLF2023) in Knoxville, Tennessee and NC1211 multistate meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee May 21-24.
The Department of Animal Science held their 2023 Graduate Student Awards Ceremony on May 5, 2023. Faculty, staff, and donors helped recognize the accomplishments of the department’s graduate students.
Erin Brenneman came to Iowa State University to major in animal science with the goal of working with horses in her future career; little did she know that she would work in two areas she never saw coming - pigs and people.
Thirteen undergraduates from Iowa State participated in this year’s North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge national contest, hosted in Saratoga Springs, New York on March 30 and April 1.
The Department recently hosted our first-ever “Senior Dinner and Panel Discussion”. This event brought in recent graduates from several different companies to answer questions from our graduating seniors about post-college life, learning to
