Agriculture and health news from Texas A&M AgriLife

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Texas A&M AgriLife to lead historic investment in Texas’ efforts to become ‘climate-smart’

Texas A&M AgriLife Research receives largest competitive grant in its history

Environment Farm & Ranch

New video addresses mental health in agricultural community

AgriLife Extension and Southwest Ag Center video looks at farmer/rancher stress, challenges, suicide prevention

Human Health Life & Health

Texas A&M Forest Service hand crew mobilized

Among U.S. fire personnel sent to help with Oregon's Cedar Creek, other out-of-state fires

Environment Environmental Health

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New AgriLife Extension county agents named across the state

Agents provide educational programming to county constituents

Campus & Community

Fall Livestock Guardian Dog field day set Oct. 21 in Hamilton

Event to include discussions on predation ranch tour, workshops

Farm & Ranch

A large white livestock guardian dog in a green pasture with her charges, a herd of multi-color goats, standing behind her.

New video addresses mental health in agricultural community

AgriLife Extension and Southwest Ag Center video looks at farmer/rancher stress, challenges, suicide prevention

Human Health Life & Health

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Events

Sep

Texas Fruit Conference

375 S. Castell Avenue, New Braunfels, TX 78130

Oct

Texas Master Naturalist 2022 Annual Meeting

Omni Houston, 4 Riverway, Houston, Texas 77056

Oct

Wine-Making 101: The Art of Wine!

715 Rowlett Rd., Garland, TX 75403

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In the news

Dry pastures force Texas ranchers to slaughter ever more cows

With almost all of Texas in drought, ranchers are sending ever more cattle off to slaughter, a trend likely to increase beef prices over the long term due to dwindling supply from the largest cattle region in the United States.

Pass the Mealworms? Researchers Say These Insects Can Be Cooked as a Healthy Food

The future of sustainable food consumption might rest with the humble, squirmy mealworm.

Austin’s rat invasion: Drought, construction, COVID spur a rise in rodent problems

Beware: The COVID-19 pandemic, a huge wave of new construction and the drought have created an invasion of rats in Central Texas. And they are on the run looking for new homes.

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