When a dangerous wildfire ignites in the Lone Star State, experts with Texas A&M Forest Service most likely saw it coming – and provided intelligence to assist emergency responders. The agency’s Predictive Services Department has just eight employees, whose responsibilities include tracking weather and emerging or persistent areas of dryness that could combine to increase [...]
In late September, TVMDL used the Southwest Veterinary Symposium in Dallas as an opportunity to touch base with veterinarians from across the region. The agency sent five of its top professionals to work at the exhibit hall: Dr. Robert Sprowls and Dr. Bill Gilmore from our Amarillo lab and Dr. Roger Parker, Dr. Matt Cochran [...]
By Kay Ledbetter Texas A&M AgriLife Research in Amarillo will participate in a $3.3 million grant to look at wheat diseases caused by mite-vectored viruses, according to Dr. Charlie Rush, plant pathologist. The project, “A Predictive Model to Increase Adoption of IPM of a Mite-Virus Disease Complex in Wheat,” is a Coordinated Agricultural Project, or CAP, [...]
By Paul Schattenberg Recognizing the need for a culturally relevant type 2 diabetes self-management education program for the state’s Hispanic and African-American population, a team from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has developed two new programs. The ¡Sí, Yo Puedo Controlar Mi Diabetes! and Wisdom, Power, Control programs were designed to be culturally appropriate [...]
By Kathleen Phillips Matthew Weintrub left life in the city after high school and entered college as a finance major. Things got dirty after that, he confesses. Peer pressure lured him to a field in the shadows of Kyle Field football stadium at Texas A&M University and changed his life forever. Weintrub quit his [...]
Effective today, the agencies of the Texas A&M University System formally add “A&M” into their names. This effort, approved by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents, aligns the names of System entities across Texas. This unified branding allows us to capitalize on our close ties to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at [...]
Dr. Doug Steele was named sole finalist for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service director position at the Texas A&M University System board of regents meeting today. The regents may consider approving Steele for the position after the 21 days required by state law for public notice of the appointment with the Texas Secretary of State. [...]
Peaches, plums and nectarines have bioactive compounds that can potentially fight-off obesity-related diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to new studies by Texas AgriLife Research. The study, which will be presented at the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia next August, showed that the compounds in stone fruits could be a weapon against “metabolic syndrome,” in which [...]
Top-notch molecular research swung into gear at Texas A&M University this week – literally. A crane lowered a high-field 800 megahertz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer through an opening in the roof of a biochemistry and biophysics building Wednesday, putting the university on par with leading U.S. research institutions, according to Dr. Gregory Reinhart, department head. [...]
Want to know how to successfully implement wildfire prevention, mitigation and preparedness programs? Look no further than Walker County, where community officials and homeowners are showing Texas how it’s done. In 2005, community leaders met with Justice Jones, wildland urban interface and prevention coordinator for Texas Forest Service. Concerned about homes in close proximity to [...]