Writer: Stacey Fehlis, (409) 862-1556 Contact: Dr. Hongbin Zhang, (409) 862-4787 Dr. Rod Wing, (409) 862-2244 COLLEGE STATION — The Rockefeller Foundation will provide $120,000 to Texas A&M University for research on the construction and characterization of rice large insert DNA libraries and their uses in cloning genes. Dr. Hongbin Zhang, assistant research scientist, and…
Writer: Joe Bryant, (806) 746-6101 Contact: Kater Hake, (806) 746-6101 LUBBOCK–Lack of rainfall and a declining water table pose problems for cotton growers on the Texas High Plains as they begin preparing their fields for planting. Some 6.4 million acres of cotton are expected to be planted in Texas this year, with some 4 million…
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…
Writer: Joe Bryant,(806)746-6101 Contact: Kater Hake, (806) 746-6101 LUBBOCK — Cotton growers on the Texas South Plains, an area that annually produces about half the state’s cotton and 20 percent to 25 percent of the nation’s crop, are rapidly winding up an unusual season with a more usual scenario: Good news-bad news. For many, the…
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…
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….
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…
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,…
Writer: Kathleen Davis Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Naomi Assadian, (915) 859-9111 EL PASO — El Paso city leaders are taking a fresh look at a smelly old problem: What to do with the sludge that accumulates from sewage treatment plants. It’s no longer waste to be buried in a dump; it’s called biosolids, a…
Writer: Steve Hill, (979) 845-2895 Contact: Dr. Kevin McInnes, (979) 845-5986 COLLEGE STATION — Chemicals traveling through soil toward groundwater are like travelers without maps, clocks and speedometers: there’s no telling when they’ll arrive. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers, however, are developing a method they hope will help predict just how chemicals reach groundwater from…
