Tec Mccollum Iii Extension Beef Specialist
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu
Contact: Dr. Ted McCollum, 806-677-5600, ted.mccollum@ag.tamu.edu
AMARILLO – Dr. Ted McCollum, who came to Texas A&M in 1995 and congenital what many draw equally a "dynamic" Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service outreach plan to benefit the country's beefiness cattle industry and nationwide, is bidding the agency – merely non the industry, goodbye.
Dr. Ted McCollum, Texas A&K AgriLife Extension Service beefiness cattle specialist in Amarillo, fabricated his last presentation in Randall County before retiring Aug. 31. (Texas A&M AgriLife photograph by Kay Ledbetter)
McCollum, who will retire Aug. 31, said he has had a lot of interesting challenges over the years, challenges that presented questions and highlighted producers' needs.
"Those challenges helped me abound and aggrandize every bit a professional person, and I'thou beholden of those opportunities and people who I worked with," he said.
Only at present it is fourth dimension to step away from the office job and dedicate more time to his family'southward cattle operations in Texas and New Mexico, McCollum said.
"Ted is one of the leading beef cattle specialists in the U.S. and has been recognized numerous times, individually and with his colleagues, for his efforts and dedication to his profession," said Dr. Ron Gill, AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist and associate department head for animal scientific discipline at Texas A&M Academy in College Station. "We hate to see him go. Replacing him in such a vital beef cattle region will be tough, but important."
Dr. Parr Rosson, correct, Texas A&Chiliad AgriLife Extension Service interim manager in College Station, presented Dr. Ted McCollum, AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist in Amarillo, a plaque recognizing his years of service. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo past Kay Ledbetter)
Every bit a professor of animal science and AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist assigned to the Panhandle and Due south Plains districts, McCollum provided educational programming, including agent preparation and support, in beef cattle management.
"Ted didn't just serve that region, though," Gill said. "He was called on by beef producers statewide, and fifty-fifty nationwide, for one-on-one aid. His expertise was sought often in the areas of beef cattle nutrition and stocker cattle programs."
McCollum provided statewide support in areas of beef cattle nutrition, stocker/ backgrounding systems, finishing systems and Beef Quality Assurance. He was often asked to speak at workshops and programs to discuss production management of all phases of commercial cattle and beef production, from rangeland and provender-based production systems to cattle feeding systems. He has spoken in Argentina, Brazil, China, Republic of kenya, Mexico and Uruguay.
"Over the years, Ted made significant collaborations betwixt the cattle manufacture and AgriLife Extension through his assist to industry associations and allied industries – including programs on personnel training, development and delivery of customer and member educational programs, focus groups and chore forces on industry issues," Gill said.
He said McCollum has also been instrumental in the partnership betwixt AgriLife Extension, West Texas A&M University and the Texas Cattle Feeders Association in implementing the Feedyard Technician Certification, which trains the workforce for the fed beef industry.
McCollum worked at the Oklahoma State University/Oklahoma Agronomical Experiment Station from 1983 to 1995 instruction and coordinating research in the areas of nutrition and direction of beef cattle grazing rangeland and pasture before coming to Texas A&M.
Dr. Ted McCollum, center, receives the Outstanding Result Demonstrator honor from Randall Canton Crops Commission representative Rick Hales, left, and Randall County Commissioner Dr. Bob Robinson, correct. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kay Ledbetter)
He is a member of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists, where he was named a Diplomate of the American College of Animal Diet; Plains Nutrition Council, where he is a past president and served every bit the secretary-treasurer from 1998 to the nowadays. He serves the National Cattlemen's Beef Clan on its Beef Quality Assurance Informational Committee and Producer Didactics Commission and has assisted the Texas Cattle Feeders Association on various subcommittees and member activities.
McCollum has been recognized as an award-winning specialist, receiving as recently as Aug. 28 the Randall County Outstanding Result Demonstrator award. He has also been the recipient of the Texas A&Grand Academy Vice Chancellor's Award in Excellence-Specialist; the Vice Chancellor'southward Award in Excellence-Agency/Industry Squad, Texas Beef Quality Producer team; and the Vice Chancellor's Accolade in Excellence-Extension Squad, Forage Sorghum team.
Other awards include the Gild for Range Management Outstanding Achievement Accolade; the American Gild of Animal Science Southern Department Extension Laurels; and the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association – Land Specialist of the Yr.
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Source: https://today.agrilife.org/2018/08/29/mccollum-retires-from-agrilife-extension-livestock-specialist-position/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AgrilifeToday+%28AgriLife+Today%29
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