July 7th, 2021
Story by Kay Ledbetter For 54 years, Charles Simpson, Ph.D., has been making a difference in the peanut products America eats – and on July 1, he was honored by the American Peanut Council with the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award at the USA Peanut Congress in New Orleans. Simpson, peanut germplasm explorer and breeder for… Read More →
April 22nd, 2021
The Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences congratulates the outstanding students receiving 2021 Senior Merit Awards. Presented by the College for over 50 years, these awards recognize the best of the best graduating seniors. Walker Crane Walker Crane is a Plant & Environmental Soil Science major. In his free time, Walker enjoys… Read More →
February 9th, 2021
The 2021 SSLR workshop was held virtually February 4-5, 2021. Presentations
January 14th, 2021
Congratulations to Heather Baldi, LeAnn Hague, and Amir Ibrahim, Ph.D. who all received Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence this year. These awards recognize the commitment and outstanding contributions displayed by faculty, students and staff members across Texas A&M AgriLife. Teaching Awards The Graduate Student Teaching Award was presented to Heather Baldi, graduate research assistant, Department… Read More →
August 7th, 2020
By: Beth Ann Luedeker Soil and Crop Sciences faculty and staff weigh in on the impact of COVID Change is inevitable, but this year it has been extreme. The COVID19 pandemic disrupted our personal and professional lives, creating an avalanche of change. Faculty, staff, and students in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences will… Read More →
August 7th, 2020
By: Adam Russell Grain sorghum producers are reporting sugarcane aphids in the High Plains, but the pest has made little impact on the Texas crop during 2020, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. But forage sorghum, an increasingly popular silage option, has experienced more significant losses, as producers and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists… Read More →
August 7th, 2020
By: Susan Himes The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be presenting the annual Big Country Wheat Conference as webinars this year. The free event will run on three consecutive Thursdays starting Aug. 13 from noon to 1 p.m. each day. “We feel these online events will provide area producers with valuable information heading into… Read More →
August 7th, 2020
By: Beth Ann Luedeker For ten weeks this summer, Chase Murphy, a junior majoring in ecological restoration, participated in a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension internship program in water resource protection and restoration. He recently discussed his experiences with faculty, staff and students via Zoom. A main component of the internship, and a favorite part for… Read More →
July 3rd, 2020
By: Chip Chandler A regional native and nationally prominent researcher in plant breeding has been hired as the director of the Semi-Arid Agricultural Systems Institute at West Texas A&M University in Canyon. Craig Bednarz, Ph.D., an Idalou native, began May 1 in a joint appointment by West Texas A&M, Texas A&M AgriLife Research in Amarillo… Read More →
July 3rd, 2020
By: Olga Kuchment The lengthy process of breeding better peanut plants can be sped up by using a biophysics technique, Raman spectroscopy. Texas A&M AgriLife biophysicists and plant breeders have demonstrated the use of Raman spectroscopy to quickly scan the levels of oleic acid in peanuts. Oleic acid, a monounsaturated oil, lends peanuts a longer… Read More →
