Contact: Dr. Ron Kaiser, (979) 845-5303, rkaiser@rpts.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — Landowners assume less liability than many may think for recreational accidents on their land, a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station expert says. “Our nationwide assessment of rural landowners’ liability suggests the legal threat to landowners is probably exaggerated and should not be a major concern,” said…
COLLEGE STATION — When it comes to recruiting businesses, economic developers may need to place more value on parks as perks, according to a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher. That’s because some businesses may place a higher value on recreational opportunities than economic developers and public officials assume, said Dr. John Crompton, a professor of…
COLLEGE STATION — It may be said a lot, but the small producer can diversify and survive in a world of multi-million dollar agricultural corporations, according to one cattle producer from Garden City, Kan. “I’m a champion of the little guy,” said Lee Reeve of Reeve Cattle Co. “We function in a world of the…
COLLEGE STATION — Deregulation of the trucking industry, set to take effect Jan. 1, should boost agriculture and other sectors of the Texas economy, according to a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher. “Deregulation should help many businesses take advantage of greater efficiencies in the transportation system,” said Dr. Steve Fuller, a professor of agricultural economics…
COLLEGE STATION — The expected completion of three large racetracks by 1997 will nearly double the number of days of horse racing available in Texas and could generate more than 16,000 new jobs, according to an economic analysis by a Texas A&M University researcher. The economic impact of the Texas horse-racing industry could jump from…
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…
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…
COLLEGE STATION — A state loan program to help irrigators pay for equipment that conserves water could increase its number of loans with a few changes, a joint study between Texas A&M and Texas Tech universities concludes. The Texas Agricultural Water Conservation Loan Program provides low-interest loans to local conservation districts, which in turn provide…
SAN ANTONIO — Strolling along the famous River Walk, the faint smell of tortillas and picante beckons tourists from around the world. But the roots of those products, not the people who come for them, provide the bigger impact on San Antonio, the state’s third largest city. Agribusiness — from the farm to the processing…
COLLEGE STATION — Talking about the importance of shipping U.S. agricultural products to overseas markets is easy. Trying to actually export a product is like attempting to recite the name and capital of every country in the world, in the native language of each, in alphabetical order. Most would give up after a couple of…
