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The 2023 Iowa State University Intercollegiate Meat Judging Team competed in their first contest of the fall season at the recent Hormel National Barrow Show Meat Judging Contest (Austin, MN).

Click here for more details on the 2024 Swine Industry Experience Program.

The Department of Animal Science at Iowa State University welcomes David Rosero as an assistant professor.

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.

Iowa State researchers at the SSR annual meeting in July where 13 abstracts listed below were presented from the Ross, Kerns and Keating groups. 

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 10^th through the July 13^th.

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.

Hosted by Ohio State University and University of Kentucky 

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.