COLLEGE STATION — Enjoying a forest’s fall colors may seem like a simple pleasure, but knowing why they are so pleasurable and how to keep them that way is another matter. Yet, it’s a matter of no little importance in the United States, where forest managers must balance the needs of recreational users with timber… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — With U.S.-Mexico trade increasing, the old problem of “Texas fever” has become new again — but Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers hope to see another happy ending to the latest version of the story. “I think there will be a variety of solutions that will come about. But we are being challenged… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — A tradition has been broken at Texas A&M University, but the school’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences couldn’t be more pleased. For the first time, women in the entering freshman class of agriculture majors outnumber men. The class of 493 students includes 276 women, or 56 percent. “It is very exciting… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — Vegetable research at Texas A&M is putting down new roots with medical and industry scientists seeking to make veggies more healthful and nutritious. Since the university formed a Vegetable Improvement Center in July 1992, more than 20 researchers — including three who are working on cancer or heart disease prevention — and… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — As market research goes, the Beef Customer Satisfaction research project recently finished by Texas A&M University is like a freezer full of meat: its contents won’t be digested all at once. It could, however, help sell more of a commodity that has lost ground in the past two decades to other meats…. Read More →
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 →
