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A calf in a pasture looks through a barbed wire fence.
October 9, 2025

AgriLife Extension publishes fact sheet on invasive pasture mealybug

Experts share latest insights and monitoring recommendations as invasive pest threatens Texas pastures

Cotton jassid nymph.
September 17, 2025

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service shares cotton jassid guidance

An invasive pest – the cotton jassid, also known as the two-spot cotton leafhopper – has prompted experts in the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M Department of Entomology to mobilize monitoring efforts, assess potential impacts and prepare strategies to protect the future of Texas cotton production.

A researcher with gloved hands picks up blow flies with tweezers
September 4, 2025

Light-based insect analysis sharpens forensic timelines

Researchers have developed a technique that uses infrared light and machine learning to reveal the sex of blow fly larvae found on human remains.

A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito.
July 2, 2025

Reduce your risk of West Nile virus infection

Stay safe from mosquito-borne disease by preventing bites

Robert Puckett kneels next to a fire ant mound
April 7, 2025

AgriLife Extension guides statewide urban pest control

Pest management program helps protect Texas schools, businesses, homes through research and outreach

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

A gloved hand holds two halves of a fruit
November 14, 2024

What is citrus greening — and why is it so hard to stop?

AgriLife Research scientist explains the not-so-sweet citrus disease and efforts to control it

A sack filled with green army worms
October 8, 2024

Texas forage producers battling fall armyworms

Texas Crop and Weather Report

October 1, 2024

The strange types of spiderwebs found in nature

AgriLife Extension specialist unravels the strategies of different spiderweb styles

A person is watering plants in a garden.
July 26, 2024

Registration open for Wilson County Master Gardener fall certification training in Floresville

14-week course runs Aug. 20-Nov. 19

Cattle in a pasture at Thomas Ranch.
July 26, 2024

Beef cattle management meeting set for Aug. 22 in Vega

A greenhouse is filled with tomato plants.
July 5, 2024

Greenhouse and nursery pest management seminar July 26 in Overton

Will cover latest issues in greenhouse, nursery pests

July 3, 2024

AgriLife Extension adds pecan, viticulture, and fruit pest management specialist in Stephenville

AgriLife Extension adds pecan, viticulture, and fruit pest management specialist in Stephenville

A pecan nut cluster on a tree.
July 1, 2024

Pecan mini short course set for July 15 in San Marcos

Event part of Texas Pecan Growers Association annual meeting

Three black vultures are standing in a pasture.
June 13, 2024

Nuisance wildlife management program set for June 27 in Georgetown

Residents will learn latest techniques, resources to control nuisance wildlife

Texas A&M AgriLife logo
June 5, 2024

Crop field day set for June 14 in Somerville

Tour stops feature latest research, equipment demonstrations

April 22, 2024

Cotton scouting schools will be held in Buckholts, El Campo, Ennis in May

Programs will focus on pest scouting on cotton

Brown and white cattle standing in a field
April 17, 2024

South Texas Beef and Forage Field Day set for May 8 in Beeville

Focus on beef cattle and hay economic outlooks, forage weed control

A close-up of a cotton boll on a cotton plant.
March 6, 2024

Permian Basin Cotton Conference set for March 20 in Big Spring

Conference will update producers on latest cotton trends

March 1, 2024

Training sessions for termite and household pest control set in March in Dallas

March 14 and March 21 events will be held at the Integrated Pest Management Experience House