Dan Hale, professor and extension meat specialist in the Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, coordinated the 2015 Youth Beef 706 program held in Lubbock, Texas on July 6-7, 2015. The program was sponsored by the Texas Beef Council and is conducted in partnership between the Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University Departments of Animal Science.
The Youth Beef 706 had 16 youth and adult participants who toured a feed yard, participated in hands-on live cattle and ultrasound evaluation, carcass grading, and carcass fabrication. In addition, the youth participated in leadership development activities.