As a follow-up and connected component of the K-State Feedlot Management Collegiate Boot Camp hosted this past January, 10 students participated in a “feedlot animal health and processing experience” at Tiffany Cattle Co. in Herington, Kansas, on Thursday, April 24. Dr. Jess Hinrichs and other representatives from Zoetis, a key program sponsor, facilitated discussions and activities focused on feedlot health management, including proper cattle implant procedures.
Abby Blackwell, a K-State Animal Sciences & Industry graduate, past Boot Camp participant, and current cattle manager at Tiffany Cattle Co., shared the background, mission, and organization of Tiffany Cattle Co., as well as her personal journey to her current role.
Dr. Chris Cox, a former K-State ASI and CVM graduate, is a veterinarian with Spur Ridge Vet Services in Marion, Kansas, and serves as a consulting veterinarian for Tiffany Cattle Co. He and Dr. Hinrichs led Boot Camp participants through a necropsy/“realizer demonstration” focused on proper injection sites, processing cattle, cattle health and nutritional management, and challenges and opportunities within the feedlot industry.
The goal of the program is to develop students’ knowledge, skills, and professional relationships in feedlot management to help meet the critical need for trained professionals in the industry. Several students who have participated in the program will be completing summer internships in the feedlot industry. This marks the seventh year of the K-State Feedlot Boot Camp and Teaching Program.
If you have questions regarding this program, please contact Karol Fike at karol@ksu.edu.
Faculty and Staff Awards Reception: Please join us on May 9 at the Stout Center as we celebrate the accomplishments of our faculty and staff. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served starting at 3:00p.m., with program starting 3:45 p.m. There will be celebratory take home items for attendees. Please RSVP by 
Cookout Celebration: A Fulbright Program celebration cookout was hosted by Dr. Randall Phebus, professor of food safety in the ASI department, on Saturday April 26. The event was held at Dr. Phebus’ man cave in Keats, KS and involved 40 Fulbright students and scholars, along with their families and several food science graduate students. Over a dozen countries were represented and their traditional cuisine was enjoyed by all. Viktoria Gramp, campus advisor to the Fulbright program and Yara Abi Nakhoul, Fulbright graduate student in food safety, help to organize the event.