Dr. Matthew L. May

Location: Stratton, Colorado, USA

Specialty: Animal Production, Ruminant Nutrition, Meat Science, Statistics, Applied Research, Economic Modeling

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Animal Science in 2005; Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Animal Science in 2008 – Kansas State University; Ph.D. in Animal Science in 2010 – Texas Tech University

Biography: Dr. Matthew May was raised on a diversified farming and feedlot operation in Stratton, Colorado. He received an Associate of Science (A.Sc) in Animal Science in 2003 from Northeastern Junior College. He then studied Animal Science at Kansas State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in 2005 and his MSc in 2008. His research at Kansas State focused on corn grain processing when adding distillers grain to cattle diets and its effect on cattle performance, carcass characteristics and ruminal fermentation. In 2010, Dr. May received his Ph.D. in Animal Science from Texas Tech University. While at Texas Tech, his research focused on including wet distillers grains and roughage concentration in steam-flaked corn based diets and their effects on steer performance, carcass characteristics, apparent total tract digestion, and hydrogen sulfide production in vitro. 

Dr. May joined TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods (formerly Feedlot Health Management Services) in 2010 as a Feedlot Nutrition and Production Consultant. As the team lead for the Feeds and Feeding Module, Matt has worked closely with the TELUS Agriculture consultant team and our clients to conduct research in the areas of feedstuff evaluation, grain processing methods, roughage level, and growth promoting technologies. With his team, they have utilized real-time data, research models and current economics to help clients make better decisions. Matt and his wife Jen reside in Stratton, Colorado, with their four active children. Between church and sports activities, 4-H, animals, and school, there is rarely a dull moment around their house.