Editors: A list of alliance members is attached. COLLEGE STATION — An alliance based at Texas A&M University is ready to help the meat and poultry industries deal with changes they will face under a new food safety system. The National Meat and Poultry HACCP Alliance is the first major initiative of Texas A&M University’s… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — These athletes aren’t even human, but their training table is drawing the attention of scientists hoping to improve performance and reduce injuries during competition. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers found that racehorses and cutting horses in competition could get an extra burst of energy from a diet with higher amounts of fat,… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — Cigarette consumption could drop as much as 30 percent in the United States if a $1.25 per-pack tax increase is adopted as Congress has proposed, a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher estimates. “I don’t think there’s anything to mitigate the impact of such a large price increase,” said Dr. Thomas Blaine, a… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — More than $6 million has been spent since 1988 battling deadly oak wilt disease in Texas, but foresters estimate that $60 million worth of trees have been saved. The Oak Wilt Suppression Project, handled by the Texas Forest Service, pits seven foresters full-time against googols of fungus spores that stick to the… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — Approaching the brink of extinction, the Attwater’s prairie chicken is celebrating life with the hatching of 22 chicks at Texas A&M University. The chicks are among the first to be successfully hatched in captivity, according to Dr. Nova Silvy, upland game management researcher at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, a unit of… Read More →
Writer: Kathleen Davis Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Naomi Assadian, (915) 859-9111 EL PASO — El Paso city leaders are taking a fresh look at a smelly old problem: What to do with the sludge that accumulates from sewage treatment plants. It’s no longer waste to be buried in a dump; it’s called biosolids, a… Read More →
Writer: Steve Hill, (979) 845-2895 Contact: Dr. Kevin McInnes, (979) 845-5986 COLLEGE STATION — Chemicals traveling through soil toward groundwater are like travelers without maps, clocks and speedometers: there’s no telling when they’ll arrive. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers, however, are developing a method they hope will help predict just how chemicals reach groundwater from… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University’s recreation, park and tourism sciences department has named a new award for Terese Tarlton Hershey of Houston and has honored Dr. John V. Blackburn of Bryan with its annual alumni award. Hershey, a member of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission since 1991, is the namesake of the new… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Joanne Lupton is dedicated to the proposition that not all dietary fibers are created equal, and she hopes her newest five-year research program helps prove that point to consumers and the government. One of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher’s goals is to increase public understanding of the roles of various… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — Earth Day will mean birth day for about 10 Attwater’s prairie chicken, one of the most endangered species in the world. The chicks are expected to begin pecking out of their shells late Friday, according to Dr. Nova Silvy, upland game management researcher at Texas A&M University and leader of the federal… Read More →
