Zero waste: Maggots as recyclers and protein sources
Texas A&M professor invents technology to harness black soldier flies for waste removal, protein for animals
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Cheater, cheater: Human Behavior Lab studies cheating as innate trait
COLLEGE STATION — Is cheating a product of the environment or a character trait? Dr. Marco Palma, director of the Human Behavior Lab at Texas A&M University and professor in the department of agricultural economics, and Dr. Billur Aksoy, assistant professor of economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, took a closer look at cheating…
Texas A&M researchers to develop climate-smart sorghum
Improved yield, greenhouse gas mitigation, water quality are ultimate goals Contacts: Dr. Nithya Rajan, 979-845-0360, nrajan@tamu.edu Dr. Bill Rooney, 979-845-2151, wlr@tamu.edu Dr. Ronnie Schnell, 979-845-2935, ronschnell@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M researchers believe the development of climate-smart crops is the key to improving nitrogen-use efficiency and reducing fertilizer nitrogen loss in agricultural fields. The crops…
Texas A&M to bridge rural/urban divide with food, agriculture science
Vice Chancellor Stover takes his message to Vernon, Stephenville Writers: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, adam.russell@ag.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – About a thousand new faces show up in Texas every day, moving into the Metroplex, Austin, San Antonio and Houston, and they have little to no connection to the state’s agriculture-based culture and economy….
Selling lambs or goats? AgriLife has an app for that
Writer: Susan Himes, 325-657-7315, Susan.Himes@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Bill Thompson, 325-657-7306, wjthompson@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Reid Redden, 325-657-7324, Reid.Redden@ag.tamu.edu SAN ANGELO — The Lamb and Goat Market Forecast app for iPhone helps producers pick the best time to sell by projecting marginal revenue per head. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the San Angelo State University information technology…
Plant Secondary Compounds in Livestock Systems to Produce Functional Foods symposium set July 11 in Austin
Writer: Susan Himes, 325-657-7315, Susan.Himes@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Travis Whitney, 325-657-7339, trwhitney@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Dan Quadros, 325-657-7339, Dan.Quadros@ag.tamu.edu AUSTIN — Texas A&M AgriLife Research is presenting a symposium, “Plant Secondary Compounds in Livestock Systems to Produce Functional Foods” on July 11 during the American Society of Animal Science – Canadian Society of Animal Science meeting. The symposium…
AgriLife Research engineer uses drones to introduce youth to agriculture, technology careers
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Brent Auvermann, 806-677-5600, b-auvermann@tamu.edu AMARILLO – In an effort to excite youth about agricultural research, Dr. Brent Auvermann and his team recently took their unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, to Drone Camp at Amarillo College. Auvermann, director for the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Amarillo, has…
Texas A&M researchers study super-repellent surfaces for safer fruits, vegetables
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, TEES, were recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study and develop super-repellent and anti-fouling surfaces for foods. The grant will be used in their collaboration to help ensure the…
Texas A&M corn breeder looking to build a better bourbon
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Beth Luedeker, 979-458-4044, baluedeker@tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Seth Murray, 979-845-3041, sethmurray@tamu.edu Rob Arnold, rob@frdistiliing.com COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Seth Murray may have more than a casual interest in National Bourbon Day on June 14. Murray, Texas A&M AgriLife Research corn breeder and Eugene Butler Endowed Chair in the department of soil…
Texas A&M’s Baltensperger to lead Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. David Baltensperger, 979-845-3041, dbaltensperger@tamu.edu AMES, Iowa – Dr. David Baltensperger, head of the soil and crop sciences department at Texas A&M University, was recently elected as the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, or CAST, president-elect for 2019-2020. CAST is composed of scientific societies and many individual, student,…
