Matt Backus

Center Director in UT AgResearch #VFL

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

@DanBackus https://t.co/0vCu0A73R1

[Wes Rucker @wesruckerTBA]

This was awesome.

[Wes Rucker @wesruckerTBA]

The pregame flyover at Neyland from those choppers was low and badass.

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

@JubileeAngus sorry to hear that old friend. She will be missed dearly.

[Wes Gilliam @WesGilliam3]

Finishing up MTREC replacement heifer Preg checks this morning at the Lewisburg station. Counting down to the arrival of another set of Select Sires Genetics! @TennesseeCattle @SelectSiresBeef @UTExt_Marshall @matbackus @kthompAG

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

@kthompAG

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[KT @kthompAG]

Proud of the work this program is providing our State’s beef cattle producers!@TNFarmBureau @UTAgResearch @UTAnimalScience @TennesseeCattle

[KT @kthompAG]

Day 2 of the Ultrasound Technoligies training. Veterinarians and producers from across the country. Thanks to Dr. Rhinehart for hosting this course here at MTREC. @UTAgResearch @UTAnimalScience @eimedical @TennesseeCattle @TNFarmBureau

[KT @kthompAG]

MTREC, Dr. Rhinehart, Dr. Strickland and Courtney Carter along with E.I. Medical teaching Ultrasound technologies/pregnancy diagnosis.@eimedical @UTAgResearch @TNFarmBureau @TennesseeCattle

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

@78Drlew thank you good doctor!

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

Not an April Fool's....

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

Burnt off some Big Bluestem and Indiangrass this week. Will make a good summer grazing option.

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

Fenceline hay feeders going in today at the Tennessee Beef Heifer Development Center

@jdrhinehart @kthompAG @TennesseeCattle @UTAgResearch

[Wes Gilliam @WesGilliam3]

The TN Beef Heifer Development Center caught a heat wave this cold morning as the fall AI breeding season began. The 2019 calf crop is in the making! @UTAgResearch @TennesseeCattle @UTExt_Marshall @matbackus @jdrhinehart @kthompAG @CarterCourtnie

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

Continuing to flush fall born heifers with corn and corn silage before breeding next week.

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

@jdrhinehart flushing heifers at MTREC
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[Wes Gilliam @WesGilliam3]

Another day’s work has paid off! A new fence line feeding system has been installed for the use in the development of MTREC Dairy heifers. Improving things one day at a time! @UTAgResearch
@UTExt_Marshall @tn @kthompAG @matbackus

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

Whether they are #beef or #dairy cattle, it doesnt matter. Moving them by horseback is the way that it's done in Lewisburg.

@kthompAG @UTAgResearch

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

Breakfast time at the Tennessee Beef Heifer Development Center

[Justin Rhinehart @jdrhinehart]

Nice and cool morning to weigh heifers at the TN Beef Heifer Development Center. @kthompAG @CarterCourtnie @matbackus @UTAnimalScience

[Matt Backus @matbackus]

@kthompAG

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