Three years into a five-year project aimed at stemming a massive decline of quail in Texas, researchers with a conservation alliance based at Texas Tech University are finding that last year’s blistering drought didn’t help that rescue effort one bit.  more »

The drought and a killing heat that gripped Texas for the better part of a year has sharply reduced quail numbers with the die-off of adult game birds ratcheting up into the hundreds of thousands, followed by pint-sized chick reproduction reports.  more »

Justin Weinheimer, a skilled research economist with Texas Tech’s Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, has been named a research assistant professor and assistant director of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ Water Center, officials with the university report. He officially stepped into his new posts on Nov. 1.  more »

Texas Tech University is part of a water conservation team that has received a $499,848 grant from the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) provides three years of funding to support a large-scale demonstration effort in the south plains and northern panhandle.  more »

Zongren Kuang, an associate professor from the College of Humanities and Development at China Agricultural University, has joined Texas Tech’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communications as a visiting professor. He began his duties on Monday (Sept. 19).  more »

As a blistering drought continues to plague huge portions of Texas, a Texas Tech researcher says that even now in the midst of the fight it’s time to plan ahead and logically plot a path for pulling more than 90 million acres of valuable rangeland back from the brink.  more »

In the battle against the state’s prolonged and brutal drought, Texas Tech agricultural researchers have released two new farmer-friendly computer tools that save scarce irrigation water and boost bottom lines for parched producers.  more »