COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences presented 14 individuals and three teams with Outstanding Achievement Awards during a ceremony on campus in College Station. Also honored were Association of Former Students teaching award recipients Dr. David Scott, professor of recreation, parks and tourism sciences; Max “Dusty” Menzies, assistant agricultural…
Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — Brant Poe has joined the Texas A&M University department of animal science as a lecturer and will transition into coordinating the Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team in 2013, according to Dr. Russell Cross, department head. Poe will be responsible for teaching livestock evaluation, general animal science and…
AgriLife Research scientist will study economic policies for clean energy Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jianbang Gan, 979-862-4392, j-gan@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Knowing how bioenergy industry development will impact local and national economies is the focus of two studies being conducted by Dr. Jianbang Gan, a professor in forest management and economics in…
COLLEGE STATION – In the gardening world, when plant growth slows that means it’s time to repot. That concept doesn’t fall short on Dr. Dan Lineberger, the new horticultural sciences department head at Texas A&M University. He’s looking into a storehouse of larger, varied “pots” to encourage growth within the department. “I’m at the point…
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Dirk Hays, 979-458-0032, dbhays@neo.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Wax build-up is not always a bad thing, according to a Texas A&M University soil and crop scientist. Dr. Dirk Hays, associate professor of cereal grain developmental genetics, has been researching leaf wax, it’s variability in different genetic wheat lines and…
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Justin Ng, 979-845-5322, justin.ng@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Justin Ng graduated from Texas A&M University on Aug. 10, but before he did, he took a trip this summer that may alter his future career. As a post-doctorate research associate in the soil and crop sciences department at Texas…
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jacqui Peterson, 979-845-3682, jpeterson@ag.tamu.edu James Thomas, 979-845-5252, jc-thomas@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Improperly applied fertilizer to newly placed sod may result in nutrient runoff into the water supply, but just when is the best time to apply fertilizer and what kind is the best for new turf? Aiming to…
Developers recognized with Norman Hudson Memorial Award Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan, 979-845-5069, r-srinivasan@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – When Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan, director of the Texas A&M University Spatial Sciences Laboratory, and Dr. Jeff Arnold, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service at Temple, developed a water assessment tool almost…
Soil and crop department shares soil fertility, stress-tolerant cultivar research Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Russ Jessup, 979-315-4242, rjessup@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Everything from emerging research into grass-fed cattle and forages, to soil fertility work attracted Gareth Davies, a Nuffield Farming Scholar from South Wales, U.K., to visit Texas A&M University’s soil and…
Professors hope to provide education and volunteer opportunities for students Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Carol Loopstra, 979-862-2200, c-loopstra@tamu.edu Dr. Georgianne Moore, 979-845-3765, gwmoore@tamu.edu Dr. Kathryn Henderson, 979-845-9706, khenderson.soc@gmail.com COLLEGE STATION – Mixing sociology, ecology and forestry, three Texas A&M University professors hope to aid and track recovery in “the Lost Pines” that…
