Department Updates

Internship provides learning opportunity

August 14th, 2017

By: Beth Ann Luedeker David Bryant, a senior Plant and Soil Science student, spent his summer as a soil scientist intern  at the Lincoln, NE, Soil Survey Office. The internship included spending time working at the Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory where he was introduced to each analytical section of the KSSL — Sample Processing, Chemistry,… Read More →

Organic Rice Research

August 11th, 2017

By: Kathleen Phillips Soil and Crop Sciences Contacts: Dr. Fugen Dou,  [email protected] Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan,  [email protected] A market niche for organic rice has a potential to yield premium prices for farmers, but it’s more involved than simply planting the seed and forgetting it until harvest time.That was the message from a team of researchers at… Read More →

Field-day planned Aug. 30 in Chillicothe

August 11th, 2017

By: Kay Ledbetter Soil and Crop Sciences contacts: Dr. Emi Kimura, [email protected] Dr. Paul DeLaune, [email protected] The Rolling Plains Summer Field Day, hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Vernon, will be Aug. 30.The field day activities will focus on many of the cotton trials at the AgriLife Research Chillicothe Station,… Read More →

Aggie Weed Team represents at SWSS contest

August 11th, 2017

By: Beth Ann Luedeker Soil and Crop Sciences contact: Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan, [email protected] Weed Science students and their coaches traveled to Vero Beach, Florida recently to represent Texas A&M University at the Southern Weed Science Society weed contest.Drs. Muthu Bagavathiannan, Katherine Carson, and Vijay Singh coached two graduate teams and an undergraduate team for the… Read More →

Ranchers Leasing Workshop

July 27th, 2017

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Tiffany Dowell Lashmet,  [email protected] After such a positive response last year, four new Rancher Leasing Workshops covering grazing, hunting and livestock leases are scheduled across the state by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.The free programs are funded by the Southern Extension Risk Management Education Center, said Tiffany Dowell Lashmet,… Read More →

Reducing hay costs discussed at O.D.Butler Forage Field Day

July 14th, 2017

Dr. Larry Redmon, Associate Department Head and Extension Program Leader for Soil and Crop Sciences, discussed impacts on hay quality at the recent O.D. Butler Forage Field Day at the Camp Cooley Ranch in Franklin, Texas. “The longer you can keep your cattle grazing in the winter, the more cost effective your operation is going… Read More →

Cotton, Corn and Soil discussed at 54th Annual Stiles Farm Field Day

July 14th, 2017

More than 100 producers from the Blackland region of Texas gathered at the Stiles Farm in Thrall, Texas, in mid-June for the 54th annual field day. Each year the field day highlights research being done at Stiles Farm as well as innovations in crop and livestock management.Dr. Gaylon Morgan, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension State Cotton… Read More →

Texas A&M AgriLife partners with Tunisia to improve soil management

June 28th, 2017

By: Kay Ledbetter U.S. Department of State project designed to improve economic viability, security Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Amir Ibrahim, 979-845-8274, [email protected]. Jake Mowrer, [email protected]. Qingwu Xue, 806-354-5803, [email protected]. Anil Somenahally, 903-834-6191, [email protected] Improving the livelihood of small-acreage landholders is the goal of recent trips to Tunisia by Texas A&M AgriLife faculty members… Read More →

Innovation of researchers yields better food, feed and fiber for consumers

June 28th, 2017

By: Kathleen Phillips Writer: Kathleen Phillips, 979-845-2872, [email protected] Contact: Dr. Craig Nessler, 979-845-8486, [email protected] When the names of two researchers were called as top innovators at the recent Texas A&M Technology Commercialization banquet in College Station, officials at Texas A&M AgriLife beamed. “It was gratifying to see that our efforts to attract and support the… Read More →

Texas A&M Turfgrass program highlighted in Sportsturf online

June 23rd, 2017

This article was originally published by sportsturfonline.com   From time to time, Toro Grounds for Success newsletter talks to turf schools around the country to get a snapshot of current research and how it could shape tomorrow’s practices. [Toro] talked with Ben Wherley, Ph.D., of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Wherley is an… Read More →