Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872,ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Edgar Meyer, (979) 845-1744,e-meyer@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION - The reason tiny termites can take down a building has been found and that information, which upends a half-century-old belief, might lead to ways to stop their destruction. “An enzyme in the digestive tract of the termite is what digests the wood,” said…
WESLACO – A South Texas scientist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station is being honored for the many successes he’s achieved in only the first decade of his career. Dr. Erik Mirkov, a virologist and molecular biologist at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Weslaco, will receive the prestigious Syngenta Award from…
LUBBOCK West Texans can learn more about landscape plant health and waterwise irrigation strategies at a landscape conference slated at two locations this month, said a Texas Cooperative Extension plant pathologist. “Our first conference is March 26 at Texas A&M’s Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Amarillo,” said Dr. Harold Kaufman, Extension plant pathologist…
HEREFORD – Cotton production information and marketing opportunities top the agenda at the Southwest Panhandle Cotton Conference on March 8 at the Community Center on Park Avenue in Hereford. Organizers include Texas Cooperative Extension, through the crops committees of Deaf Smith and Randall counties, in cooperation with Extension offices in Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter and…
COLLEGE STATION — Texas could ship more than $53 million in additional exports, leading to the creation of 1,400 new jobs if trade barriers were lifted with Cuba, according to a Texas A&M University study. Dr. Parr Rosson, director of the Center for North American Studies at Texas A&M, and Flynn Adcock, economist and research…
Contact: Edith Chenault, (979) 845-2886,e-chenault1@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION - Dr. Mark E. Westhusin, associate professor in the department of veterinary physiology and pharmacology, 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…
Contact: Edith Chenault, (979) 845-2886,e-chenault1@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION - Dr. Timothy D. Phillips, professor in the department of veterinary anatomy and public health and the director for the Center for Food Safety, 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…
STEPHENVILLE — The Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center at Stephenville recently established the Southern Region Risk Management Education Center after receiving more than $1.1 million in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Programs will focus on risk encountered in the full range of farming operations; specific projects will be designed to…
Writer: Blair Fannin, (979) 845-2259,b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Bruce McCarl, (979) 845-1706,mccarl@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION - U.S. farmers who protect the environment could receive higher incomes despite producing less crops, according to a report in this week’s Science magazine. Two economists Dr. Bruce McCarl with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, and Dr. Uwe Schneider at Iowa State University…
WESLACO – When Dr. Mani Skaria moved to South Texas from Washington State, he had no idea he was moving into what he now calls the mold capital of the world. He rented a home in Weslaco in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and soon developed respiratory problems so severe he was unable to work….
