Agency: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Texas A&M students recognized as Monsanto’s Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars

Addition makes five, setting Texas A&M apart from other universities Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Ed Runge, 979-845-3066, e-runge@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Silvano Ocheya and Ahmed Elsayed, two Texas A&M University doctoral students in the soil and crop science department, have been selected as recipients in Monsanto’s Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program, according to [...]

New cowpea varieties offer promise in South Africa, other parts of the world

AgriLife Research and Buffett Foundation partner on research project Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. B.B. Singh, 979-845-3041, bsingh@ag.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – New cowpea varieties developed by Texas A&M University and tested at the Nature Conservation Trust Ukulima Farm in South Africa could make a major contribution toward production in other tropical and subtropical [...]

Texas A&M aquaculture facility celebrates 40 years of service

Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Delbert Gatlin, 979-847-9333, d-gatlin@tamu.edu   COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the department of wildlife and fisheries sciences at Texas A&M University are celebrating the 40 year anniversary of their aquaculture facility and its recently completed pond complex renovation. The 40-acre Aquacultural Research and Teaching Facility [...]

Body condition score modeling system part of broodmare equine research

Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Clay Cavinder, 979-458-2927, cac@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Assigning beef cattle body condition scores has been a common practice among producers for years to evaluate nutritional needs, and such a system for horse owners developed at Texas A&M University more than 30 years ago has been expanded. A group [...]

Watershed modeling workshop set for May 7-8 in College Station

Program will focus on load duration curves and land-use analysis tool COLLEGE STATION — The Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M University   department of biological and agricultural engineering will present a watershed modeling workshop May 7-8 at the Horticulture/Forest Science Building on the Texas A&M campus in College Station. The institute is part of [...]

From horticulture to foreign policy: Davies to serve as Jefferson Science Fellow

           COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Fred Davies, a Texas A&M University horticulturist, will spend the 2013-2014 school year as a Jefferson Science Fellow assisting the U.S. government with foreign policy.            Davies begins his 12-month fellowship in mid-August working in food security and international agriculture at the U.S. Department of State and [...]

Social media training for watershed professionals set April 12 in Stephenville

STEPHENVILLE — The Texas A&M Institute of Natural Resources will conduct a social media training workshop April 12 in Stephenville. The institute is part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences — all part of the Texas A&M University system. The “Every Drop [...]

DuPont Pioneer leader encourages students to ‘spread the word’ about agriculture

Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Paul Schickler, DuPont Pioneer president, said there’s no doubt that grand challenges face production agriculture in the future to meet the needs of an expanding global population. “The challenge is significant and you could say overwhelming,” Schickler said in a recent visit to Texas A&M University, prior [...]

Salin appointed director of Texas A&M master of agribusiness program, Chair of Intercollegiate Faculty of Agribusiness

Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Parr Rosson, 979-845-2116, prosson@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Victoria Salin has been appointed director of the Master of Agribusiness program in the department of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University and chair of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Agribusiness. Salin is an associate professor specializing in agribusiness management and [...]

Gonzalez receives national honor from minorities in agriculture, natural resources group

        SACRAMENTO – Dr. Carlos F. Gonzalez of College Station received the 2013 Legend Award from the National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences during its recent annual meeting in Sacramento, Calif.         The award, created in 2007, honors those “who have made extraordinary strides in the name [...]