COLLEGE STATION Today, out of respect for the first anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, no news will be sent via AGNMORE, the electronic news service of the Texas A&M University System’s Agriculture Program. The news team instead sponsored a bake sale on the first day of fall classes, and the money is being given…
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Alan Sams, professor and head of Texas A&M University’s poultry science department, received the 2002 National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award at the Poultry Science Association meeting in August in Delaware. The award, which is given every five years, recognizes beneficial research and developments in the broiler industry that have an…
COLLEGE STATION – Methods aimed at targeting levels of air-borne Salmonella in poultry houses are being designed by Texas A&M University poultry science researchers. The researchers have developed a way to sample air within the houses, which may lead to quicker detection of the food-borne pathogen. An estimated 2 million to 4 million people suffer…
COLLEGE STATION – In the near future, consumers may feel a little better about the quality of the eggs and poultry they and their loved ones enjoy because of a filtration method recently developed by a Texas A&M University graduate student. Paige Reynolds, who is earning her master’s degree in poultry science this May, created…
LUBBOCK – Texas Cooperative Extension and Texas A&M’s department of agricultural economics will offer a four-day seminar in June that is designed specifically for lenders. “This two-part seminar is an in-depth risk management education program specifically designed for lenders who work with ag producers and agribusinesses,” said Jackie Smith, Extension economist based in Lubbock. “We…
COLLEGE STATION — Texas Cooperative Extension is seeking the state’s top agriculture students for summer internships in Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Nine internships will be awarded to the top applicants, who must be college sophomores, juniors or seniors majoring in IPM, entomology, soil and crop sciences or plant pathology. The interns will be based in…
Tyler — Theodore and Elizabeth Saba of Tyler, Texas recently donated $50,000 to the Texas A&M department of agricultural economics to aid in the development of teaching excellence programs within the department. The Theodore E. ’41 and Elizabeth Dee Saba Agribusiness Teaching Enhancement Endowment will develop student enrichment programs, provide faculty support and enhance teaching…
COLLEGE STATION Dr. Suresh Pillai, associate professor for the department of poultry science, was named a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Faculty Fellow this week. Established in 1998, this program recognizes outstanding and productive faculty who have contributed to the scholarly creation and dissemination of new knowledge through exceptional research, leadership and grantsmanship. Over the…
COLLEGE STATION Texas A&M University’s meat and poultry science programs have been ranked No. 1 in the nation by Meat&Poultry magazine. According to Chuck Jolley, publisher, the magazine “undertook the project to help bring attention to the excellent schools that are training the next generation of leaders in one of America’s most important industries.”…
The Texas A&M Aggie Rodeo alumni are currently in the process of raising $12,500 to fund a memorial scholarship that will honor Raymond “Shorty” Fuller ’43, a former member of the Aggie Rodeo Team. After the $12,500 in private donations is received, the College of Agriculture Development Council will match the funds in order to…
