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A herd of cows against a blue sky.
February 10, 2025

More to manure than meets the eye

Texas A&M Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab empowers producers with actionable insights on forage, livestock performance

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February 6, 2025

Texas A&M Board of Regents approves Center for Comparative Genomics

New facility to strengthen global leadership in animal genetics

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February 6, 2025

AgriLife Research and IBM launch soil and water decision tool

AgriLife Research and IBM ‘Soil and Water Assessment Tool Virtual Extension Assistant’ provides user-friendly management insights

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February 6, 2025

Transforming food waste into sustainable nutrition

Food scientists turn byproducts into high-protein snacks with fermentation

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January 31, 2025

Fuller Bazer earns global recognition with Marshall Medal

Texas A&M animal science researcher honored for groundbreaking contributions to livestock reproduction research

January 30, 2025

Advancing Texas Wine

sorghum hybrid seeds
January 24, 2025

AgriLife Research team to develop nitrogen-saving sorghum hybrids with DOE support

New plant technologies could reduce fertilizer levels, costs for producers

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January 20, 2025

Celebrating Dorothy Shippen’s curiosity-driven research career

Pioneer biologist to retire after decades of discoveries and lasting mentorship

A photo of an unmanned aerial vehicle capturing crop data information.
January 9, 2025

Precision agriculture new frontier: Crop digital twins

Farmers can utilize remote sensing, big data, artificial intelligence to simulate real-world crop production scenarios

Cluster of muscadine grapes on the vine
December 23, 2024

First-of-its-kind project to improve muscadine grapes

Texas A&M AgriLife to provide expertise, field trial locations for $7 million effort to benefit grape growers

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December 12, 2024

Bioenvironmental sciences professional board establishes scholarship program

Endowed fund begins providing financial support to incoming students

Potato chips with dark stripes indicating zebra chip disease
December 12, 2024

AgriLife Research leads collaboration to address zebra chip disease

Horticulturalists and entomologists team up to investigate insect-transmitted plant disease

A collection of differently shaped wine glasses
December 11, 2024

Why your wine glass matters — and how to pick the right one

Make your parties sparkle as much as your beverage with a wine scientist’s advice on glassware

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December 4, 2024

Preempting African swine fever in Texas with research

Scientists assess a tick’s potential to spread disease in Southern U.S.

Citrus fruit on a tree
December 2, 2024

Saving our citrus: Addressing the billion-dollar global threat of citrus greening

AgriLife Research scientists switch from defense to offense to fight the U.S.’s most devastating citrus disease

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December 2, 2024

Hope for the citrus industry

AgriLife Research scientists switch from defense to offense to fight the U.S.’s most devastating citrus disease

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November 27, 2024

New research reveals older animals’ role in species survival

Texas A&M expert aids global study on how longevity conservation helps wildlife populations

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, also known as the cattle fever tick.
November 27, 2024

Breakthrough could revolutionize future of tick control

Research collaboration lays foundation for genetic tools to control cattle fever ticks

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November 22, 2024

Leading artificial intelligence researchers meet at Texas A&M

Researchers discuss agriculture, natural resources and life sciences AI applications

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November 19, 2024

43 years of interdisciplinary teaching, mentoring, research

Betsy Pierson to retire from Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences