AgriLife Today News Team

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A rancher pets a bull

August 11, 2026

Texas A&M leads research on New World screwworm wound treatment

A Texas A&M System team to develop wound treatment veterinarians and producers can apply rapidly

August 5, 2026

Texas A&M-Fort Worth breaks ground on next phase of downtown campus

Texas A&M AgriLife joins new downtown Fort Worth Campus

a screwworm larvae on a maroon background

June 13, 2026

Gov. Abbott launches free New World screwworm inspector training

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service course will help keep Texas livestock moving

group of people gathered around a podium with USDA on a sign

June 9, 2026

Texas A&M Regent John Bellinger to lead fight against New World screwworm

U.S. Department of Agriculture selects Texas cattleman, food industry entrepreneur to drive response

man in a white lab coat and blue gloves looks into a microscope

June 1, 2026

New research connects father’s alcohol use to children’s long-term health

Texas A&M AgriLife Research receives $2.9 million federal grant to explore paternal alcohol exposure effect

A vat full of coffee beans

April 28, 2026

Is coffee good for you? Texas A&M researchers provide new insight

Recent paper examines health benefits, reveals much left to explore on coffee’s human health impact 

round white tubes full of different colored sands and soils

April 24, 2026

Texas Soil and Water Stewardship Week spotlights soil importance April 26-May 3

Voluntary land stewardship essential to water resources, agricultural productivity, wildlife habitats

Texas A&M AgriLife in white against a maroon background

April 13, 2026

Texas A&M AgriLife names Caroline Rydell assistant vice chancellor for federal relations

New advocate brings three decades of agricultural policy and government relations experience

Two individuals standing together and talking

March 30, 2026

Stephen Safe chosen for 2026 SEC Faculty Achievement Award

Award honors decades of research leadership, mentorship at Texas A&M University

Rendering of the new Meat Science and Technology Center

March 27, 2026

Texas A&M Regents keep meat science center on main campus

Decision positions facility for expanded impact in research, teaching and extension

Texas A&M AgriLife in white against a maroon background

March 19, 2026

New Texas A&M center to strengthen chemical safety assessments

National Institutes of Health-funded research center aims to reduce animal-based chemical evaluation

Two hands holding out a small bunch of dark sweet cherries.

February 25, 2026

Dark sweet cherries against breast cancer

Study reveals fruit compounds’ promise in slowing aggressive breast cancer spread

Black flies on a net

February 11, 2026

Reclaiming harsh habitats with black soldier fly larvae

Collaborative research supported by the WoodNext Foundation aims to autonomize rehabilitation of extreme environments

New World Screwworm specimen on a pin

January 16, 2026

Texas A&M AgriLife’s year of impact: Top stories of 2025

A year of research, education and service to Texas and beyond

Texas A&M AgriLife in white on a maroon background

November 7, 2025

Three new faculty join Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Mingyuan Zhu, Bo Zhou, Roop Fatima Jaffri bring plant development, neuroscience, teaching expertise

Gary Smith sitting at a table with his hands clasped together

October 27, 2025

Gary Smith receives 2025 industry achievement award

Gary Smith, Ph.D., retired professor and former dean of the Texas A&M Department of Animal Science, earned the 2025 Certified Angus Beef, CAB, Industry Achievement Award at the Feeding Quality Forum in Rochester, Minnesota, for the indelible mark he left on the meat science and beef industries.

October 15, 2025

Mass timber takes root in Texas architecture

Architecture and forest researchers explain what cross-laminated timber is and how it supports sustainable construction

An aerial rendering of the Aplin Center

October 3, 2025

Texas A&M breaks ground on Aplin Center 

Buc-ee’s founder Arch “Beaver” Aplin III gifted $60 million toward an immersive learning lab and campus gateway that is expected to be complete in 2028

A bag of coffee beans, a coffee press and a cup of coffee sitting on a table

September 29, 2025

Coffee science: Expert answers about your daily brew

Specialist explains coffee’s global impact, answers common questions about this popular drink

A clear jar with Ornithodoros ticks in it.

July 22, 2025

AgriLife Research scientist helps crack genome of a soft tick

Collaborative study tackles tick that threatens human health and pork industry