AgriLife Today

Texas A&M AgriLife's digital magazine and newsroom

Susan Himes

Susan Himes is a writer and media relations specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife. She writes news releases and features from science-based information generated by the agency. She also covers human interest stories and events across the state.

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Dr. Henry Fadamiro stands smiling in a navy suit and blue toe in an outdoor corridor at Texas A&M.

July 24, 2024

Fadamiro announced as Entomological Society of America Fellow Award recipient

Internationally acclaimed entomologist among four honored

Around Texas A&M AgriLife
Tall grain crops are silhouetted against a blue sky and bright sun.

July 23, 2024

Insect pressure remains intense, corn leafhopper reach expanding

Texas Crop and Weather Report

Farm & Ranch
A hand pushes mulch around a small green plant in a garden.

July 11, 2024

Heat exacerbates summer garden issues for Texans

AgriLife Extension July Gardening Guide

Lawn & Garden
A row of graduation plaques for the AgriLife Extension TALL program. They are mounted on wood and feature a gold seal.

July 10, 2024

AgriLife Extension leadership program announces new cohort

Governor Dolph Briscoe Jr. Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership program offers intensive, two-year agriculture study

Farm & Ranch Press Releases
A man working in a garden holding a trowel and a pot.

July 3, 2024

‘Garden Success’ on KAMU-FM has new host; Stephen Brueggerhoff starts July 4

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulturist to replace retired host Skip Richter

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Lawn & Garden

July 1, 2024

Texas Sheep and Goat Expo set for Aug. 16-17 in San Angelo

‘Hardcore Carnivore’ Jess Pryles is guest speaker

Farm & Ranch

June 19, 2024

Keep your family safe from ticks

Summer months mean increased risks for people, pets

Life & Health
Texas watermelons in cardboard crates.

June 18, 2024

Heat makes for sweet watermelons, very good yields

Texas Crop and Weather Report

Farm & Ranch
Cluster of heirloom tomatoes

June 18, 2024

How to store tomatoes

Tips to keep tomatoes, from ‘breakers’ to ripened red

Farm & Ranch Lawn & Garden
A Pride of Barbados, a red and yellow plant, that can survive water stress well.

June 6, 2024

Protect your garden from water stress caused by too much, not enough rain

AgriLife Extension June Gardening Guide

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Lawn & Garden
A mn's hands around a watermelon at a farmers market

June 5, 2024

Making the most of a trip to the farmers market

What to know about nutrition and safety.

Farm & Ranch Life & Health
Wunmi IIesanmi and her family wear formal wear. She and her daughter are in gowns while her husband and two sons wear Nigerian clothing

May 27, 2024

Quest to improve world, empower community leads to Texas A&M

Graduating student and entrepreneur Olawunmi Ilesanmi is a force for change

Around Texas A&M AgriLife
Texas A&M AgriLife in white against a maroon background

May 16, 2024

Fight to eradicate malaria takes associate professor to Equatorial Guinea

Giri Athrey says science is the best hope for infectious disease solutions at home and abroad

Science & Tech
Two commemorative bricks being ready to be installed on a oathway. There are two emoty spots and a mallot by them.

May 13, 2024

Leave a legacy at the Leach Teaching Gardens

Aggies choose to honor, celebrate and memorialize loved ones with an engraved brick in on-campus gardens

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Lawn & Garden

May 7, 2024

Dara Wald honored as Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences professor among 2024 honorees

Around Texas A&M AgriLife
A young woman with straight brown hair, Olivia Henry, wearing a maroon Texas A&M polo.

May 7, 2024

At the intersection of science and mystery

Olivia Henry '24 explores a career in the forensic sciences after seizing every opportunity at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Around Texas A&M AgriLife Science & Tech
A hand holding a garden shovel over rich, dark earth

May 2, 2024

Time to plan – and plant – for upcoming summer heat

AgriLife Extension May Gardening Guide

Lawn & Garden
Brown and white goats in a pen with hay on the floor.

April 30, 2024

Demand for meat goats continues to grow

Texas Crop and Weather Report – April 30, 2024

Farm & Ranch

April 24, 2024

LEAD AgriLife cohorts set to shape future of organization

Inaugural program includes leaders from across Texas A&M AgriLife

Around Texas A&M AgriLife

April 22, 2024

Senior Hannah Evans pursues her passion

Fisheries management major inspired by childhood in state parks

Around Texas A&M AgriLife