March 26th, 2020
We have seen them on TV, the crime scene investigators who sift through the minutia to help law enforcement personnel determine what took place. Dr. Jacqui Aitkenhead-Peterson fills this role for those in Texas law enforcement looking for soil-borne answers. An Associate Professor in the Texas A&M University Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Peterson’s…
March 26th, 2020
by Beth Ann Luedeker Conservation and sustainable agriculture practices aim to address our world’s need for food and fiber products with minimal impact on the soil and available water resources. Farmers who implement these practices may qualify for federal funding if certain standards are met. The standards are set by the National Resource Conservation Service…
March 17th, 2020
By: Kay Ledbetter Texas A&M AgriLife researcher Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, Ph.D., was honored with the Early Career Outstanding Scientist Award by the Weed Science Society of America, WSSA, recently at the society’s annual meeting in Maui, Hawaii. WSSA is the premier weed science society in the U.S. and this is the highest recognition for an early…
February 25th, 2020
Dr. Chase Straw has joined Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Research as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences turfgrass program. He will be assuming the duties of retired professor Richard White in a tenure track position which is 30% teaching and 70% research. Straw comes to College Station…
February 25th, 2020
Rahul Raman, a doctoral student under Dr. Nithya Rajan, has been selected as one of 18 graduate students nationwide to receive the 2020 Future Leaders in Science Award. The award will be formally presented March 2, 2020, in Washington D.C.. The award includes a trip to participate in the annual Congressional Visits Day, hosted by…
February 25th, 2020
Researchers from Egypt spent several months in Texas last fall working with faculty from the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University as part of the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program. Dr. Samir Mohamed worked with Dr. Jake Mowrer; and Anas Mohamed Safaa Al-Din Sharshar teamed up with Dr….
February 25th, 2020
By: Kay Ledbetter Texas A&M AgriLife is developing an inexpensive and easy-to-use mobile app and irrigation management system to help agricultural producers increase water-use efficiency and continue producing cotton. The new project is funded by the Texas A&M Water Seed Grant Initiative and is titled “A Novel Sensor- and Crop-Model-Based Decision Support Tool for Efficient…
February 24th, 2020
By: Kay LedbetterContact: Scott Nolte – [email protected] Whether on social media or in farming circles, many questions linger about glyphosate, better known as Roundup, and a link to cancer. “It’s hard to know what to believe, but it’s important to make sure the information you receive is based on good science,” said Scott Nolte, Ph.D.,…
February 12th, 2020
The Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University is hosting an Invitational Agronomy Contest for FFA members, Saturday, March 28, 2020, in College Station. The contest will include a general exam as well as testing the students knowledge in plant identification, pest identification and soils. The contest will be based on the…
February 11th, 2020
The 2020 workshop was held February 6-7, 2020 at Rudder Tower on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station. 2020 Presentations
