A blog for the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
On Saturday November 9, the AES Club along with the Block and Brittle Club hosted the second annual ACU Barn Dance at ACU’s Rhoden Farm. The event was a huge success. The dance started at 7:00 PM and lasted until 10:30 PM. Over 120 students attended the dance. All of the proceeds from the event went to fund the AES and Block and Brittle Clubs.
The 92nd National Block & Bridle Convention was hosted by Middle Tennessee State University on Jan. 31- Feb. 3, 2012. For the first time ever, the Convention was held in conjunction with the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show. Students Merissa Ford, Mandy Wilson and Anna Watson spent the week celebrating this year’s theme “Moovin’ to the Music.”
The Cattle Industry Convention was held in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center. There, the students attended lectures on such topics as the future of the cattle industry and strategies impacting feed efficiency. More »
A group of A&E students and Dr. Ed Brokaw attended the National Block and Bridle Convention October 14-17 at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan. National Block and Bridle Club members are college students from across the United States interested in animal agriculture. The national convention is a time for all Collegiate Block and Bridle Clubs to gather annually to form closer relationship among students pursuing some phase of animal agriculture as a profession. More »
