College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources News
A&M-Commerce Meat Judging Team Named Grand Champion at National Contest
The Meat Judging team at Texas A&M University-Commerce took home the Grand Champion prize from the National Western Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest held in Denver, Colorado on January 19-20 in its first year of competition.
A&M-Commerce
beat nine other teams…
Dr. Randy Harp Receives Clements Award for Outstanding Leadership in Agriculture
Dr. Randy Harp, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas A&M University-Commerce, was honored with the V.A. “Bill” & Marty Clements Award for outstanding leadership in agriculture, presented by Build East Texas 2019. The award…
Ty Harris Shines at National Finals Rodeo
Ty Harris, A&M-Commerce Rodeo Team standout, competed at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in December. He placed ninth in the worldwide standings for the tie-down roping event. See a Pro Rodeo interview with Harris and view his Pro…
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Participates in 2019 State Fair of Texas Events
A&M-Commerce College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) faculty played key roles in organizing the 2019 Swine Skillathon at the State Fair of Texas, and several CASNR student volunteers were instrumental to the successful mechanics of the contest. Several…
Ag Students Honored with Outstanding Volunteer Award at East Texas State Fair
Students from the A&M-Commerce College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources received an Outstanding Volunteer Award for their great work at the East Texas State Fair in Tyler, Texas in September. The students volunteered at the fair's Junior Heifer Show…
Oncor Electric Delivery Company Presents Check to A&M-Commerce for Agriculture Scholarship Endowment
Oncor Electric Delivery Company representatives visited
A&M-Commerce on September 27 to present a check in support of the Dr. Roger
& Mrs. Jean Arnold Agriculture Scholarship Endowment.
The contribution marks the continuation of a
long-standing partnership between Oncor and the…
A&M-Commerce “Quail Professor” Says Temps Could Decimate Texas Quail Populations
Texas’ favorite game bird, the Bobwhite Quail, is in steep
decline and a new research study finds that as little as four days of high
Texas heat could crash Texas quail populations.
It is widely known that if it rains…
A&M-Commerce Professor Coordinates California Quail Translocation from Idaho to Northeast Texas
Assistant Professor and Director of Wildlife and Sustainable
Agriculture Dr. Kelly Reyna is well-versed on quail, having studied the species
for more than 20 years. In March, Reyna and his team successfully coordinated a
translocation of 250 wild California Quail…
Thurman Family Agricultural Endowment to Benefit Agriculture Students
The Thurman Family Agricultural Endowment at Texas A&M University-Commerce has been established by Steve and Kelly Thurman. The endowment will benefit students majoring in agribusiness and those participating on the Livestock and Meat Judging Teams. Steve is an alumnus of…
A&M-Commerce Research Project to Aide in Maximizing Wheat Producer Profits in Northeast Texas
A cooperative research program including A&M-Commerce, Cereal Crops Research Inc. (CCRI), Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, the Texas Wheat Producers Board and agribusiness industry leaders will assist with the continued development of a total wheat management program…
AgriBusiness Professor Receives Presidential Award for Excellence in Research and Communication
Dr. Rafael Bakhtavoryan, Assistant Professor of AgriBusiness at A&M-Commerce, was recently recognized for outstanding applied research in food distribution and marketing. The Food Distribution Research Society chose Bakhtavoryan's paper as winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Research and…
Graduate Students Recognized at North Texas Area Research Symposium
Two A&M-Commerce students were recognized for their research presentations at the 2018 Federation of North Texas Area Universities Graduate Student Research Symposium held at Texas Women’s University on Friday, March 23, 2018.
Agribusiness student Armine Poghosyan was awarded the second…
A&M-Commerce Hosts 2018 Annual Research Symposium
A&M-Commerce hosted its annual symposium in the Rayburn Student Center on April 3, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The symposium combined the university's three research events, the Annual Research Symposium, the Graduate Research Symposium, and the Lion's Innovation Showcase,…
Earth-Kind® Team Named as Finalist for Texas Environmental Excellence Award
Derald Harp's Earth-Kind® team was named a 2017 Finalist for the Texas Environmental Excellence Award, the highest environmental honor given by the State of Texas. Harp, Professor of Horticulture in the School of Agriculture, is a member of the Texas…
USDA Grant Awarded to School of Agriculture
Dr. Derald Harp, professor in the School of Agriculture, was awarded $92,966 in support of his research entitled, “Systematic Strategies to Manage Crape Myrtle Bark Scale, An Emerging Exotic Pest” by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The…
Agriculture Student Awarded the National Wheat Foundation Jerry Minore Memorial Scholarship
Texas A&M University-Commerce sophomore, Travis Born was recently awarded the National Wheat Foundation Jerry Minore Memorial Scholarship in partnership with BASF Corporation.
Born (of Ferris, Texas) was awarded the scholarship at the Commodity Classic in San Antonio. The Jerry Minore…
Agribusiness Students Participate in 2017 Quiz Bowl
Interim Associate Director and Associate Professor of Agribusiness in the School of Agriculture, Dr. Jose Lopez, along with six Agribusiness students attended the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) 2017 Quiz Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, February 4-7, 2017, on a travel…