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…
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Joanne Lupton is dedicated to the proposition that not all dietary fibers are created equal, and she hopes her newest five-year research program helps prove that point to consumers and the government. One of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher’s goals is to increase public understanding of the roles of various…
COLLEGE STATION — The meat industry’s constant quest for tenderness could benefit with just a touch, says a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientist working with a promising automatic meat-grading technology. The “touch” is elastography, a new form of ultrasonic measurement developed for the medical field. It could also have important implications for beef, pork and…
Writer: Kathleen Davis Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Suresh Pillai, (915) 859-9111 EL PASO — Disease-causing microbes lurking in water, soil and food now may be more easily found, says a scientist who developed new molecular detection methods. Dr. Suresh Pillai, an environmental microbiologist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, devised methods to genetically…
