September 6th, 2018
By: Beth Ann LuedekerContact: Matt Brown, [email protected] The fourth annual women’s stewardship conference sponsored by the Bennett Trust and Texas A&M AgriLife will be held October 1 -2 at The Inn on Barron’s Creek in Fredericksburg, Texas. This year’s conference, “Empowering Women – New Stewardship Traditions”, will include presentations and discussions of land stewardship followed… Read More →
August 13th, 2018
By: Gabe Saldana Contact: Dr. Lindsey Hoffman,[email protected] Efficient varieties and informed management practices can help Texans make the most of turfgrasses’ natural human health and environmental benefits, said the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s new turfgrass specialist. Dr. Lindsey Hoffman assumed her post at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas July… Read More →
August 13th, 2018
By: Beth Ann Luedeker Contact: Dr. Jake Mowrer – [email protected] Makayla Faldyn, who will begin her senior year at Texas A&M in just a few weeks, spent her summer as a water resource restoration and protection intern with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension water program in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. “I have… Read More →
August 13th, 2018
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Becky Grubbs, 979-845-0603, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Lawn owners may be second-guessing their regular maintenance practices, especially in the hottest and driest months. Dr. Becky Grubbs, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service turfgrass specialist in the Department of Soil and Crops Sciences in College Station, has published a Water-Wise Checklist… Read More →
August 13th, 2018
By: Beth Ann Luedeker Contact: Dr. Ben Wherley – [email protected] Members of a collaborative research project funded by the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative recently met at the Scotts Miracle-Gro turfgrass facility at Texas A&M University for an update on the project. The group is studying the persistence, survival and recovery of warm-season turfgrasses under… Read More →
August 13th, 2018
Writer: Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, [email protected] Contact: Dr. Gerald Smith, 903-834-6191, [email protected] A new forage cowpea variety – Ace – blends a number of desirable characteristics into into a well-rounded option for livestock, wildlife and improved soil health, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research expert. Ace is a small-seed cowpea cultivar developed for forage and… Read More →
July 16th, 2018
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677- 5608, [email protected]. Keerti Rathore, 979-862-4795, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – A newly developed fertilizer system will provide nutrition to engineered cotton crops worldwide and a deadly dose to weeds that are increasingly herbicide resistant, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study. The new system applies phosphite to cotton crops engineered to… Read More →
July 12th, 2018
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Curtis Adams, 940-552-9941, [email protected]. Calvin Trostle, 806-746-6101, [email protected] VERNON – When a Texas Rolling Plains guar producer found himself to be potentially out of compliance with government guidelines, he turned to Texas A&M AgriLife to help get the guidelines updated. Guar has been grown in Texas for more than a… Read More →
July 12th, 2018
Story and Photos by Beth Ann Luedeker Dr. Seth Murray, Texas A&M Soil and Crop Sciences Associate Professor and Butler Chair, primarily focuses his research on improving the productivity, sustainability and quality of agriculture production through scientific research; most of his work is in corn (maize). He has recently branched out, slightly, to help his… Read More →
July 12th, 2018
Written by: Beth Ann Luedeker Part of President Michael Young’s excellence program, X-Grants is an interdisciplinary program intended to find creative solutions to some of the most important challenges facing the global society. Several projects selected to receive X-Grants funding include Soil and Crop Sciences faculty. “CRISPER Gene Editing for Healthier Foods and Crop Resistance”… Read More →
