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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

STUDY: THE FOOD AND FIBER SYSTEM CONTRIBUTED $72.8 BILLION TO TEXAS ECONOMY DURING LATE 1990s DESPITE DROUGHT, LOW PRICES

COLLEGE STATION – The food and fiber system in Texas contributed as much as $72.8 billion to the state economy from 1997 through 2000 despite periods of drought and low prices, according to a joint study by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Cooperative Extension. During the four-year period, the food and fiber system…

May 28, 2003

Campus & Community

GAMEBIRD AND LAND USE CONFERENCE SLATED FOR JUNE 6-7

COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M University Gamebird Conference will be held June 6-7. Sponsored by the department of poultry science and Texas Cooperative Extension, the conference will be held in the Kleberg Animal and Food Sciences Center at Texas A&M. The conference begins with registration at noon. It is geared toward helping landowners start…

May 5, 2003

Farm & Ranch

LITZENBERG SELECTED AS PIPER PROFESSOR

Writer: Blair Fannin, (979) 845-2259,b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Kerry Litzenberg, an agricultural economics professor at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. The Piper Professors Program recognizes superior teaching at the college level from nominations submitted by colleges or universities in Texas. Litzenberg will receive…

May 1, 2003

Campus & Community

EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE CONFIRMED IN TEXAS POULTRY FLOCK

COLLEGE STATION – Exotic Newcastle Disease, a deadly, highly-contagious poultry disease, was confirmed Thursday, April 10, from samples taken the previous weekend from a backyard flock near Fabens, east of El Paso. This makes Texas the fourth state in the United States in which the viral disease has been confirmed in the last six months….

April 10, 2003

Life & HealthScience & Tech

EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE SUSPECTED IN TEXAS POULTRY FLOCK

COLLEGE STATION – Exotic Newcastle Disease, a deadly, highly-contagious poultry disease, is suspected in a backyard fighting gamecock flock near Fabens, east of El Paso. As of early April, more than 3.5 million birds in southern California have been destroyed to stop the spread of the disease in that state, according to the Texas Animal…

April 7, 2003

Life & HealthScience & Tech

RESEARCHER: FINE TUNING BIOTECHNOLOGY LIKE LISTENING TO ORCHESTRA

COLLEGE STATION – Progress in the field of genomics was music to the ears of researchers and students who attended “The Changing Face of Agriculture” lecture Thursday, which marked the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 125th anniversary. Dr. Ronald Phillips, University of Minnesota Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in Genomics,…

March 21, 2003

Science & Tech

‘TEXAS FRIENDLY’ DELIVERS QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING

AMARILLO–No business today can succeed for very long without giving customers quality service. Some of the most savvy clientele a business can serve are tourists, according to Donna Brauchi, district director with Texas Cooperative Extension in the Texas Panhandle. A new ‘Texas Friendly’ training program is available to area businesses, organizations and agencies interested in…

March 17, 2003

Campus & Community

TEXAS A&M OFFERING FIRST ONLINE POULTRY SCIENCE MASTER’S PROGRAM

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M University will begin offering the world’s first online master’s of agriculture degree in poultry science and continuing education program next fall. The semester-long courses will be graduate level and continuing education courses for those people who are interested in an additional degree or in some type of certification in an…

November 21, 2002

Campus & Community

OUTBREAK OF POULTRY DISEASE IN CALIFORNIA WON’T AFFECT HOLIDAY DINNERS IN TEXAS

COLLEGE STATION – An outbreak of Exotic Newcastle Disease affecting some California poultry has some Texas consumers a little concerned. This highly virulent disease can kill up to 90 percent of the susceptible birds that are infected, and severely disrupt the commercial poultry and egg industry. Where would that leave holiday dinners? And, even more…

November 20, 2002

Life & HealthScience & Tech

A&M POULTRY JUDGING TEAM TIES FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M University department of poultry science judging team tied with Kansas State University at the recent National Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest. This was the first time in the contest’s 37-year history that teams tied for first place at the contest, which was held Nov. 4-5 at the University of Arkansas….

November 19, 2002

Campus & Community
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