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December 5, 2025

AgriLife Extension names new district administrator in South Texas

Andrea Valdez brings leadership in educational program impact, community engagement to role

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November 13, 2025

Research shows flavor, color drive premium prices for Texas tomatoes

Texas A&M AgriLife Research reveals South Texas shoppers prize fresh tomato flavor over origin

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September 23, 2025

AgriLife Extension opens Texas Custom Rate Survey to benchmark costs

Long-running survey provides producers reliable data to guide budgets and pricing decisions

Mandadi inspects a citrus tree outside
July 3, 2025

AgriLife Research reimagines citrus greening treatment delivery

Multistate grant to investigate two innovative techniques for sustainable therapeutic delivery

A single orange hanging on a branch
May 1, 2025

AgriLife Research discovery defends citrus and potatoes

Natural plant peptides may provide a new way to combat hard-to-treat plant diseases

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

A person holds half of an orange
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

Texas A&M AgriLife
September 19, 2024

New agents fill AgriLife Extension positions across the state

Agency personnel provide educational programming, outreach in their respective communities

August 6, 2024

Rio Grande Valley agriculture faces water uncertainty

Texas Crop and Weather Report

Texas A&M AgriLife in white against a maroon background
June 28, 2024

New agents and program personnel fill AgriLife Extension positions across the state

Personnel provide educational programming, outreach in their respective communities

Juan Anciso
February 15, 2024

Anciso named to lead AgriLife Extension horticulture efforts

Focus will be strengthening strategic stakeholder relationships