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Date: February 4, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Dr. Tara Felix,
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Tara L. Felix is an associate professor in the Department of Animal Science at Pennsylvania State University. She is a member of the Penn State Extension livestock team and the beef specialist for the state. A native of northwestern Pennsylvania, she graduated from Penn State with an animal bioscience major. She received her M.S. at the University of Florida, studying trace minerals. She earned her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in ruminant nutrition, with a focus on growth performance and ruminal metabolism of feedlot cattle.
For the last nine years, Dr. Felix has been researching ways to add value to dairy progeny used throughout the beef supply chain. Dr. Felix values the fact that her career allows her to participate in all three aspects of the Land Grant Mission: teaching, research and extension. She resides in Centre County, Pennsylvania, with her husband and three beautiful daughters.
