Department Updates

Texas Well Owner Network receives prestigious award from TCEQ

April 20th, 2018

Writer: Paul Schattenberg, 210-859-5752, [email protected]: Dr. Diane Boellstorff, 979-458-3562, [email protected]. Drew Gholson, 979-845-1461, [email protected] W. Smith, 979-845-2761, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – The Texas Well Owner Network has earned a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 2018 Texas Environmental Excellence award in the category of education. The Texas Well Owner Network, developed by the Texas A&M AgriLife… Read More →

New statewide turfgrass specialist joins TAMU Soil and Crop Sciences faculty

April 20th, 2018

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Becky Grubbs, 979-845-0603, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Becky Grubbs expects to spend the next chapter in her life growing the Texas turfgrass industry through collaborative and interdisciplinary actions as the new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service statewide turfgrass specialist in College Station. Grubbs said her philosophy in approaching… Read More →

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers push drones to ‘read the weeds’

April 20th, 2018

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan, 979-845-5375, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Even barely poking through the ground, weeds are distinctive. Determining the right tools for early identification and control are the goals of an ongoing Texas A&M AgriLife Research project. Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan, AgriLife Research weed scientist in College Station, is using unmanned… Read More →

Managing livestock and wildlife, Hunting leases and Fence law to be discussed at Hill Country Land Stewardship Conference in Kerrville

April 11th, 2018

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Larry Redmon, 979-845-4826, [email protected] KERRVILLE – “Tools for the Trade” is the theme and exactly what will be offered at the fifth annual Hill Country Land Stewardship Conference hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service April 26-27 in Kerrville, according to the program coordinator. The annual event will… Read More →

Water conservation and livestock watering options to be discussed at Bennett Trust Land Stewardship Conference in San Angelo

April 11th, 2018

Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, [email protected] Contact: Josh Blanek, 325-659-6523, [email protected] SAN ANGELO — The Texas Water Development Board reports San Angelo’s average annual rainfall as 21.3 inches; that’s 13.27 gallons per square foot a year or 578,037 gallons per acre. How to make the most of that water, not only to grow forage but also… Read More →

Texas A&M Wheat Improvement Program finds spotlight in Washington

March 5th, 2018

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Amir Ibrahim, 979-845-8274, [email protected]. Jackie Rudd, 806-677-5600, [email protected] WASHINGTON – The Texas A&M AgriLife Wheat Improvement Program was the only university-led wheat program highlighted at a National Wheat Foundation event Feb. 8 in Washington, D.C. To educate members of Congress and their staff on just how expansive and important the… Read More →

First Bennet Land Stewardship Conference in San Angelo

March 5th, 2018

Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, [email protected]: Josh Blanek, 432-266-0677, [email protected] SAN ANGELO – Organizers urge those with a passion for proper land management of the Edwards Plateau region to mark their calendars May 3-4 for the Bennett Trust Land Stewardship Conference at the McNease Convention Center, 501 Rio Concho Drive in San Angelo. “A similar conference… Read More →

Ranch Management University to be held in April

March 5th, 2018

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Larry Redmon, 979-845-4826, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Ranchers wanting to brush up on or learn the fundamentals of soils and soil fertility, forage establishment, pasture management and utilization by livestock can attend the spring Ranch Management University April 2-6 in College Station. The Ranch Management University is an intensive… Read More →

Dr. Bill Rooney appointed to Texas A&M’s Borlaug-Monsanto Chair for Plant Breeding

February 19th, 2018

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Bill Rooney, 979-845-2151, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Bill Rooney, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research sorghum breeder in the Texas A&M department of soil and crop sciences in College Station, has been appointed as the first holder of the Borlaug-Monsanto Chair for Plant Breeding and International Crop Improvement. Texas… Read More →

Study sheds light on nodulation in guar

February 8th, 2018

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected] Contact: Dr. Curtis Adams, 940-552-9941, [email protected] VERNON – Texas A&M AgriLife scientists are conducting several research projects to improve producers’ understanding of guar and the legume’s value to their operations in the Rolling Plains and South Plains. Guar has been grown in Texas for more than a century, but acreage… Read More →