August 17th, 2016
Please join us at the Wellborn Community Center Saturday, September 10, 2016 – 6:30 pmas we reminisce and give Paul a proper Roasting! RSVP by September 6, 2016 Click here to purchase TICKETS If you’d like to write a check towards the gift, please make it payable to Debbie Sutherland at:Department of Soil & Crop…
August 9th, 2016
Contact: Drew Gholson, 979-845-1461, [email protected] HENDERSON — Anyone interested in private water well management is invited to a Texas Well Owner Network training Sept. 8 in Henderson. The training, which is free and open to the public, will be from 1- 5 p.m. at the meeting room for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office…
August 5th, 2016
2nd Global Soil Security Symposium Science-Society Interfaces for Global Soil Security The 2nd Global Soil Security Symposium aims to demonstrate that soil is a highly used and crucial resource, and is an indispensable partner to meeting sustainable development goals. Linking partners in business, practitioners, policy makers, and researchers on soil security through management practices, business…
August 2nd, 2016
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. John Sweeten, 806-677-5600, [email protected] VERNON – Texas A&M AgriLife Research lost a tremendous asset July 27 when Steve Brown, Texas Foundation Seed Service program director in Vernon, was killed in a car accident. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Sullivan Funeral Home, 1801 Houston St. in Vernon. Visitation will…
August 1st, 2016
Collaboration to focus on well water screening in Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Starr and Webb counties Writer: Paul Schattenberg, 210-859-5752, [email protected] Contact: Diane Boellstorff, 979-458-3562, [email protected] John Smith, 979-845-2761, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION — The Texas Well Owner Network will present water well screenings in August for Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Starr and Webb counties to…
July 21st, 2016
Dr. B.B. Singh, a visiting professor in the Soil and Crop Sciences Department at Texas A&M University, recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award as a Distinguished Mentor from the Pantnagar Clan, a global network of alumni from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Pantnagar, India. G.B. Pant University was the first college…
July 19th, 2016
Several Soil and Crop Sciences faculty members have been selected to receive awards at the Agronomy Society of America and Crop Science Society of America annual meetings in the fall. Dr. Jane Dever has been named as an ASA Fellow, the highest award bestowed by the Society. Dr. Dever specializes in cotton breeding, conducting her…
July 19th, 2016
COLLEGE STATION – Sensor technology could possibly solve many challenges of crop production, and Texas A&M AgriLife Research faculty are aggressively attempting to find new solutions. Dr. Alex Thomasson, an AgriLife Research biological and agricultural engineer, and Dr. Seth Murray, AgriLife Research corn breeder, both in College Station, and others are working jointly on several…
July 14th, 2016
MADISON, WI, Jul 13, 2016 – The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) announces the following 2016 award recipient to be formally presented at the CSSA Awards Ceremony on 2016-11-09 during the scientific society’s Annual Meeting, Nov 6-9, Phoenix, AZ – Sheraton Grand Phoenix Ballroom C. The annual awards are presented for outstanding contributions to agronomy through education, national…
July 1st, 2016
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Paul DeLaune, 940-552-9941 ext. 207, [email protected] CHILLICOTHE – After eight years of research on no-till advantages and disadvantages with cotton crops, Dr. Paul DeLaune is convinced it’s not as much about the tillage as it is about the cover crop and/or rotation. DeLaune, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research environmental…
