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January 7, 2026

Texas A&M AgriLife Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence honor faculty, staff

Individuals and teams receive highest employee awards

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December 26, 2025

Pesticide workshop slated for Jan. 15 in Palo Pinto 

Course will offer five continuing education units

A tractor spraying a field of crops
December 23, 2025

East Region Texas A&M AgriLife Conference and Expo set for Jan. 16 in Tyler

Event offers Texas Department of Agriculture and Structural Pest Control Service continuing education units

A group of cattle at a feeding trough.
December 22, 2025

64th Blackland Income Growth Conference set on Jan. 6-7 in Waco

Conference held in conjunction with Mid-Tex Farm and Ranch Show

cattle in a field
December 3, 2025

Data modeling drives Texas A&M war on cattle ticks

Precision tick location tech boosts effort to protect U.S. beef supply

A man and young boy ride horses next to a pond.
November 24, 2025

District 8 Farm and Ranch Seminar slated for Dec. 11 in multiple Central Texas locations

AgriLife Extension educational event to focus on integrated pest management

farm show display with large orange tractor
November 12, 2025

AgriLife Extension provides education at Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show

Continuing education units, market outlooks and beef cattle management on the agenda

A monarch butterfly.
November 12, 2025

Research maps monarch migration along Texas highways

Texas A&M scientists study how roads, wind and conservation affect one of nature’s most extraordinary journeys

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November 12, 2025

Faculty Affairs’ IMPACT celebration builds scholarly community

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty recognized at event

A beekeeper opens up a bee box.
October 28, 2025

Sweet comeback for Texas honey harvest  

Summer rains help honey production despite hive losses

Two hands holding a bunch of discolored rice stalks
October 15, 2025

AgriLife Research leads rice delphacid and hoja blanca virus studies

Scientists mapping pest behavior, identifying viral drivers and shaping new producer guidance for 2026 planting

A calf in a pasture looks through a barbed wire fence.
October 9, 2025

AgriLife Extension publishes fact sheet on invasive pasture mealybug

Experts share latest insights and monitoring recommendations as invasive pest threatens Texas pastures

screwworm fly
September 29, 2025

Texas A&M AgriLife to aim eBeam at New World screwworm fight

Collaboration targets screwworm reproduction with new 'eBeam' technology

Rows of cotton in a field
September 25, 2025

Crosby and Floyd County Field Day set for Oct. 10

Event includes tours of Replicated Agronomic Cotton Evaluation trials

a rice plant affected by hoja blanca caused by the rice dephacid
September 18, 2025

Texas A&M AgriLife tackles rice delphacid devastation

Texas A&M AgriLife experts are serving as key research and Extension partners in a new multistate response led by USA Rice to address the devastating spread of rice delphacid, an invasive pest now threatening thousands of acres across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.

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September 18, 2025

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences celebrates faculty, staff and students

Annual ‘College Connect’ event honors outstanding achievements, new and promoted faculty

Cotton jassid nymph.
September 17, 2025

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service shares cotton jassid guidance

An invasive pest – the cotton jassid, also known as the two-spot cotton leafhopper – has prompted experts in the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M Department of Entomology to mobilize monitoring efforts, assess potential impacts and prepare strategies to protect the future of Texas cotton production.

Two white-tailed deer bucks stand at a tree line.
September 16, 2025

AgriLife Extension publishes wildlife-focused New World screwworm resource

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service released a new fact sheet, “Wildlife Monitoring and Management for New World Screwworm,” to help Texans protect wildlife from the threat of this potentially devastating parasite.

Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., holds a jar of fly samples.
September 15, 2025

From maggots to mentorship: A forensics legacy at Texas A&M

Long before Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., professor of forensic entomology in the Texas A&M Department of Entomology, helped investigators solve murders with maggots, he was just a kid glued to the TV watching detective shows.

cotton crop and irrigation behind it
September 10, 2025

Resilient Cropping Systems Tour set for Sept. 24 at Plainview

Texas A&M AgriLife event will highlight research and innovative practices in producers’ fields