Adam Russell

Adam Russell is a communication specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife. Adam is responsible for writing news releases and feature articles focused on Texas A&M AgriLife Extension programs and science-based information generated by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists across the state. He also generates the weekly Texas Crop and Weather Report and handles public and media relations.

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A turkey being sliced on a table with traditional Thanksgiving food.

November 4, 2025

Cost of Thanksgiving turkey spikes

Per pound price for whole turkeys up 70% compared to last year

Farm & Ranch Life & Health

Hands holding two small pumpkins with larger pumpkins underneath

October 14, 2025

It’s science: Why a pumpkin is actually a fruit

AgriLife Extension horticulturist explains what sets fruits and vegetables apart

Lawn & Garden Trending

October 13, 2025

American beautyberry named newest Texas Superstar

Native shrub recognized for adaptability, beauty and wildlife benefit

Lawn & Garden

A calf in a pasture looks through a barbed wire fence.

October 9, 2025

AgriLife Extension publishes fact sheet on invasive pasture mealybug

Experts share latest insights and monitoring recommendations as invasive pest threatens Texas pastures

Farm & Ranch Impact on Texas Press Releases

Tim Hartmann, Ph.D. stands in the Texas A&M orchard.

October 9, 2025

Tim Hartmann: From family roots to Texas fruits

Family legacy fuels statewide fruit specialist’s research and education for Texas producers

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Farm & Ranch

October 8, 2025

Dry spell weighs on Texas’ cool-season forage planting

Farm & Ranch

Texas A&M AgriLife in white against a maroon background

October 3, 2025

New Texas A&M faculty hired to advance ecological science

Strategic hires bolster research and teaching in Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology

Environment Press Releases Science & Tech

October 1, 2025

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to establish Texas 4-H headquarters

State-of-the-art facility to expand leadership, learning opportunity in nation’s largest 4-H program

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Life & Health Press Releases

September 24, 2025

Tips to plant wildflowers this fall for a beautiful spring

Expert advice on timing, seed mixes and care for lasting blooms

Lawn & Garden Trending

A woman harvests wine grapes in a vineyard.

September 24, 2025

Texas wine builds global momentum in international organization

For the booming and rapidly evolving Texas wine industry, membership in the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, OIV, has its privileges. OIV is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the science behind viticulture and winemaking.

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Farm & Ranch Press Releases

September 17, 2025

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service shares cotton jassid guidance

An invasive pest – the cotton jassid, also known as the two-spot cotton leafhopper – has prompted experts in the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M Department of Entomology to mobilize monitoring efforts, assess potential impacts and prepare strategies to protect the future of Texas cotton production.

Farm & Ranch Impact on Texas Press Releases

A person places harvested grapes into a five-gallon bucket.

September 16, 2025

Texas vineyards report high-quality wine grapes

Texas Crop and Weather Report - Sept. 16, 2025

Farm & Ranch

Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., holds a jar of fly samples.

September 15, 2025

From maggots to mentorship: A forensics legacy at Texas A&M

Long before Jeff Tomberlin, Ph.D., professor of forensic entomology in the Texas A&M Department of Entomology, helped investigators solve murders with maggots, he was just a kid glued to the TV watching detective shows.

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Life & Health

Members of the T.V. Munson family receive a plaque from Dr. Amit Dhingra (wearing a straw hat).

September 11, 2025

Texas A&M honors T.V. Munson, savior of the world’s vineyards

The Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Horticultural Sciences opened its 2025 Spirited Learning fall series by celebrating the lasting legacy of T.V. Munson, a 19th century Texas scientist whose breakthroughs still safeguard wine production worldwide.

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Farm & Ranch Life & Health Press Releases

Students open up a drawer filled with preserved skunks in the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections.

September 11, 2025

Texas A&M expands scientific access to biodiversity data

The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology is helping lead a national effort to transform how scientists access and use biodiversity data by digitizing tens of thousands of mammal specimens from its Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections.

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Environment Science & Tech