Department Updates

Texas A&M researchers to develop climate-smart sorghum

August 9th, 2019

By: Kay LedbetterContacts: Dr. Nithya Rajan, [email protected]. Bill Rooney, [email protected]. Ronnie Schnell, [email protected] Improved yield, greenhouse gas mitigation, water quality are ultimate goals Texas A&M researchers believe the development of climate-smart crops is the key to improving nitrogen-use efficiency and reducing fertilizer nitrogen loss in agricultural fields. The crops would have the ability to suppress… Read More →

Marsh named Borlaug Scholar by plant breeders

July 10th, 2019

By: Kay Ledbetter Sarah Marsh, a senior in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University, is one of 12 students recognized by the National Association of Plant Breeders, or NAPB, in the 2019 class of NAPB Borlaug Scholars. “The NAPB Borlaug Scholarship awards are given to exceptional students aspiring to a… Read More →

Winter feeding program for beef cattle producers Aug. 16 in Overton

July 10th, 2019

By: Adam RussellContact: Vanessa Corriher-Olson, [email protected] Sensing, 903-834-6191 A program on the reduction of winter feeding by stockpiling warm-season forage and/or planting cool-season pastures is scheduled for Aug. 16 in Overton. The event is from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 1710 N. Farm-to-Market Road 3053. The… Read More →

In memory – Dr. Lloyd W. Rooney

June 26th, 2019

Dr. Lloyd Rooney, Professor Emeritus in the department of Soil and Crop Sciences, passed away, surrounded by family, in his home on June 23, 2018. A rosary will be recited at 6:30 followed by visitation until 8pm, Thursday, June 27, 2019 at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be at 10am, Friday, June… Read More →

New mentor program pairs students with scientists

June 19th, 2019

Five students from Texas A&M University, including two from the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, have been selected to participate in a new mentoring program sponsored by Bayer Crop Science. Karina Morales and Catherine Danmaigona Clement, both doctoral Plant Breeding students, are part of the initial cohort of this program which pairs graduate students… Read More →

Genes from wild wheat relative to aid in battle against trio of pests

June 19th, 2019

Writer: Kay LedbetterContact: Dr. Shuyu Liu, [email protected] Wheat curl mite, greenbug and Hessian fly have long been troublemaker pests for Texas wheat, but a team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists is ready to go high tech to help control them. Dr. Shuyu Liu, AgriLife Research wheat geneticist in Amarillo, will lead a team to… Read More →

Video series to highlight cotton education and highlight northern Panhandle best management practices

June 19th, 2019

Writer: Kay LedbetterContact: Dr. Jourdan Bell, [email protected] “Cotton and Conservation” is the title of a new series of videos being developed by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and North Plains Groundwater Conservation District. Dr. Jourdan Bell, AgriLife Extension agronomist in Amarillo, said she is excited about this new partnership that will report on cotton… Read More →

In Memory – Dr. Dudley T. Smith

June 10th, 2019

June 8, 1940-June 8, 2019 Dudley Templeton Smith, age 79, died June 8, 2019 from Lewy Body Dementia. He was raised on a tobacco and beef cattle farm in Southern Maryland, where he was active in 4-H and FFA crop and livestock projects and received the FFA State Farmer degree. His parents were his first… Read More →

Water conference to address rural and urban water issues

May 16th, 2019

By: Beth LuedekerContact: Diane Boellstorff, [email protected] Gholson, [email protected] Pigg, [email protected] Landowners are becoming increasingly aware of the value of water and water quality. Those and others issues will be addressed at the Southern Region Water Conference July 23-25 in College Station, TX. The conference, titled “Improving Adoption of Sustainable Water Management Practices” will focus on… Read More →

Texas corn off to a good start

May 9th, 2019

By: Adam RussellContact: Ronnie Schnell, [email protected] The majority of planted Texas corn acres have emerged amid good soil moisture profiles to start the growing season, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Dr. Ronnie Schnell, AgriLife Extension agronomist in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, said the Texas corn crop started late in… Read More →