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Reaching beyond the food on your plate and the clothes on your back, Texas A&M's efforts in agriculture shape how we cultivate the world. Aggies work toward enhancing one of society's oldest practices by integrating artificial intelligence, first-of-its-kind educational opportunities and more.

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Featured Stories

Fly infected with a screwworm
Health & Environment

What is the New World screwworm, and why does it matter to Texas?

Oct 1, 2025 • 6 min. read

Texas A&M AgriLife experts offer education and answers about the invasive insect that threatens the well-being of livestock and wildlife in Texas and across the southern United States.

Space food researchers hold sorghum clippings in a lab
Science & Tech

Preparing Food For The Ultimate Road Trip: Space Travel

Feb 27, 2025 • 3 min. read

Texas A&M University and NASA have collaborated for decades to create new menu items and produce food for astronauts to take on their space missions.

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Brewing A Better Tomorrow

Feb 26, 2025 • 3 min. read

Texas A&M University is redefining the coffee industry, from soil to sip.

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Health & Environment

From BattleGround To Breaking Ground: How Texas A&M Is Helping Veterans Find A New Mission In Agriculture

Mar 3, 2025 • 4 min. read

BattleGround to Breaking Ground helps veterans establish a foothold in the agriculture industry and ease the farmer shortage across the U.S.

Health & Environment

Drug-Resistant Parasites Threaten Ranched Bison Herds

Jul 21, 2025 • 5 min. read

Texas A&M study reveals alarming levels of parasite resistance to common treatments, pointing to need for new strategies to combat infections.

Study Finds Ethical Justification To Eradicate Certain Harmful Species

Jun 11, 2025 • 4 min. read

Using screwworms, mosquitoes and invasive rodents as case studies, a team of researchers, including a Texas A&M professor, argues that deliberate full extinction is acceptable, but only rarely.

From the Newsroom

Several monarch butterflies resting on a branch of a tree.
Health & Environment

Research maps monarch migration along Texas highways

Nov 12, 2025 • 6 min. read

Texas A&M scientists study how roads, wind and conservation affect one of nature’s most extraordinary journeys.

A large stack of cut pine timber.

Mass timber takes root in Texas architecture

Oct 15, 2025 • 5 min. read

Architecture and forest researchers explain what cross-laminated timber is and how it can lead to sustainable construction.

An aerial view showing a rendering of what will be the Aplin Center on the Texas A&M University campus.
Campus Life

Texas A&M breaks ground on Aplin Center

Oct 3, 2025 • 5 min. read

Buc-ee’s founder Arch “Beaver” Aplin III gifted $60 million toward an immersive learning lab and campus gateway that is expected to be complete in 2028.