October 22nd, 2018
By: Kay LedbetterContact: Dr. Keerti Rathore – [email protected] Cottonseed ground into flour to deliver protein to millions of people, a project to which Dr. Keerti Rathore has devoted more than half his professional career, is one step closer to reality. Rathore, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant biotechnologist in College Station, received word that Texas… Read More →
October 11th, 2018
A Coffee Education Symposium will be held at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Center on F and B Road in College Station, Thursday, November 8, from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch and a coffee tasting will be included. The symposium will include presentations on the Texas A&M Coffee Center, coffee chemistry, coffee sensory, the research and… Read More →
October 5th, 2018
Three soil and crop sciences students, Savanna Shelnutt, Caitlyn Lakey and Nicole Shigley, have been named as Golden Opportunity Scholars for 2018-19 by the American Society of Agronomy. All three are in their senior year, working toward their Bachelor of Science degrees in Plant and Environmental Soil Science. From Spring, TX, Nicole plans to pursue… Read More →
September 27th, 2018
Contact: Michael Kuitu, 979-862-4457, [email protected] Wolaver, 512-565-0812, [email protected] Troxclair, 512-854-9600, [email protected] A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on water quality related to Shoal Creek will be held from 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. October 9 at the Lamar Senior Activities Center, 2874 Shoal Crest Avenue in Austin. Interested persons are also invited to attend an 11:00 a.m.-noon Shoal… Read More →
September 21st, 2018
Dr. Richard White retires from Texas A&MWriter: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected] Dr. Richard White intends to sit back and let the grass grow under his feet for a while after spending 29 years helping develop turf for Texas’ sometimes unforgiving conditions. White retired from his positions as a professor in the Texas A&M University soil… Read More →
September 18th, 2018
Writer: Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, [email protected]: Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, 903-834-6191, [email protected] Hay and forage producers and homeowners around the state are battling armyworms following rains and cooler weather, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. The fall armyworm is a common pest of Bermuda grass and many other crops in Texas, Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, AgriLife… Read More →
September 18th, 2018
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-77-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Curtis Adams, 940-552-9941, [email protected]. Calvin Trostle, 806-746-6101, [email protected] A team of scientists from Texas A&M AgriLife and the University of Florida are working to increase and stabilize guar production in the U.S. by testing integration of guar into existing wheat production in the Southern Plains. The team is funded… Read More →
September 18th, 2018
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Peyton Smith, 979-845-5669, [email protected] Dr. Peyton Smith was soaring through the skies before she could drive, but it’s what is on the ground, or beneath the ground, that grabbed her fascination and led to her latest position with Texas A&M University. “I received my private pilot’s license the last… Read More →
September 18th, 2018
Writer: Beth Ann LuedekerContact: Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan, [email protected] Members of the Texas A&M weeds judging team represented our university and department well at the 2018 Southern Weed Science Society contest in Memphis, Tennessee, last month. The Aggie A-Team finished fourth out of 12 teams representing ten colleges and universities. Prabhu Govindasamy, a Ph.D. candidate under… Read More →
September 18th, 2018
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected] Contacts: Dr. Calvin Trostle, 806-746-6101, [email protected] Dr. Jourdan Bell, 806-677-5600, [email protected] Dr. Jackie Rudd, 806-677-5600, [email protected] Each year, experts with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M AgriLife Research jointly provide wheat producers across the High Plains their “Top Picks” list for varieties with the highest potential before… Read More →
