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  • Ambika Chandra, Ph.D. (center) with her award. Standing with Chandra is B.B Singh, Ph.D. (left) and David Baltensperger, Ph.D., professor and department head.
    Department announces awards during annual meeting
  • Plots of forage sorghum are shown beside grain sorghum in the Bushland Forage Sorghum Silage Trial
    Forage sorghums growing in importance across High Plains
  • Dr. Felipe Aburto holding a soil sample. He is wearing a grey shirt with shades over his eyes.
    New faculty help connect producers with agricultural advancements
  • Hand with Aggie ring holding graduation cap
    Congratulations Fall 2022 Graduates! Department celebrates Fall 2022 Graduation
  • Cover photo of Dr. Russ Jessup on the left with hemp plants, student with his poster in the center and Dr. Nithya Rajan with some lab equipment in the background in the upper right
    Be sure to read the December edition of our newsletter!
  • Dr. Nithya Rajan in front of lab equipment.
    Rajan selected to EPA agricultural environmental issues committee
  • World Soil Day graphic
  • Scenes the phenotyping lab opening ceremony in College Station, Texas on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)
    Texas A&M AgriLife debuts automated precision phenotyping greenhouse
  • Dr. Prem Oli seated at his desk with computer screens showing graphs of mathematical models
    Oli expands research with new position at Texas A&M AgriLife center in Overton
  • Ambika Chandra, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research professor and turfgrass breeding program lead in Dallas, provided an update on work being done at the urban research center. (
    Texas A&M AgriLife displays turfgrass research at field day
  • Turfgrass Management students Megan Muesse, left, and Hailey Tucker on Tuesday, Aug 30, 2022 in College Station, Texas. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)
    Two turfgrass students on all-female Little League softball grounds crew
  • John Cason, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research peanut breeder in Stephenville standing in a peanut field
    ‘Diesel nut’ development brings Texas A&M AgriLife, Chevron together
  • A photo of golden heads of rice growing in a field of light green plants.
    Digital rice selection technology
  • Rust on corn leaf
    Drone data provides early identification of southern rust in corn
  • May 2022 Newsletter header image
    The May 2022 Newsletter is now available!
  • TamrunOL18L
    New Tamrun peanut varieties announced
  • Graduation-General-Cover

The Soil and Crop Sciences Department is one of the largest such departments in the nation and is preeminent throughout the world.

Our world-famous faculty has a presence in every county in Texas. Working in partnership with Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, their goal is to conduct research through trials and experimentation and then transfer that new knowledge to the public.

We offer Bachelor of Science degrees in Plant and Environmental Soil Science and Turfgrass Science.  Students can earn a Master of Science and a doctorate in agronomy, Food Science and Technology, Genetics, Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences, Plant Breeding, and Soil Science. Most of our undergraduates are from Texas, but students represent some 20 different countries in addition to the United States.

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  • Department announces awards during annual meeting January 20, 2023
  • Department Celebrates Fall 2022 Graduation December 14, 2022
  • Soil and Crop at Brazos Valley Farmers Market December 3 December 1, 2022
  • Congratulations August 2022 Graduates! August 11, 2022
  • Congratulations Spring 2022 Graduates May 10, 2022
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