Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Conflict and Development at Texas A&M University in College Station will feature a lecture by a lead science and technology adviser from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The lecture will be held at 9 a.m. May 2 at the AgriLife Center, 600 John Kimbrough Blvd., Texas [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Media contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu WASHINGTON – Though the U.S. has a trade embargo with Cuba, food and other agricultural products can be exported to Cuba. These opportunities and other topics will be the focus of an April 8 “Doing Business with Cuba” workshop in Washington, D.C. The half-day event will be held at [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Drawing on its vast research expertise and pool of students eager to study and develop problem-solving solutions, Texas A&M University was recently selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development to partner in its new Higher Education Solutions Network designed to develop innovative solutions to global development [...]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Stephen Smith, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research professor in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University in College Station, spoke about his international efforts to help bolster the beef industry at a recent seminar on the Texas A&M campus. Smith, at the invitation of the Norman Borlaug Institute of [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu BRYAN – Both big challenges and opportunities await Texas agriculture. This was the message for Texas agricultural business leaders and representatives at the 2012 Texas Plant Protection Association Conference in Bryan recently. Dr. Doug Steele, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service director, told attendees, “We will always face challenges and we [...]
Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Guoyao Wu, a distinguished professor in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University, has been named Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Wu was recognized for discovery of novel pathways of amino acid nutrition and metabolism affecting intestine, cardiovascular and [...]
COLLEGE STATION – China has gone nuts over pecans, which is great for U.S. growers but might have consumers shelling out more money for the fall food favorite. The Chinese culinary fancy led to increased imports of pecans from 2.9 million pounds in 2005 to 80 million pounds in 2009 where it has hovered since, [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jianbang Gan, 979-862-4392, j-gan@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Protecting forests and the livelihoods they support depends on the ability to develop and implement effectively policy and other initiatives with global cooperation, according to Dr. Jianbang Gan, a Texas A&M University department of ecosystem science and management professor. “In East [...]
