Noted agroecosystem research scientist Vivien Allen has received the 2013 Distinguished Grasslander Award from the American Forage and Grassland Council. The honor was presented at the group’s annual conference Jan. 6-9 in Covington, Kentucky. more »
An experienced golf course and sports turf management researcher has been named an assistant professor in Texas Tech University’s Department of Plant and Soil Science, according to officials with the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Joseph Young officially stepped into new his teaching and research post on Jan. 1. more »
Attention, bread shoppers: A Texas Tech-based company could have the answer to some consumers’ unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold, reports the Associated Press today (Jan. 8). MicroZap Inc. claims its technology allows bread to stay mold-free for 60 days. more »
Noureddine Abidi has been selected as the recipient of a Texas Tech University Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Award, university officials announced today. Abidi is an associate professor with Tech’s Department of Plant and Soil Science and head of university’s Biopolymer Research, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute. more »
BBC News reports today (Nov. 30) that a Texas Tech University-based company has developed a technique that it says can make bread stay mold-free for 60 days. The bread is zapped in a sophisticated microwave array which kills the spores that cause the problem. The company claims it could significantly reduce the amount of wasted bread. more »
A new study by Texas Tech University and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension found that crop production has a substantial overall impact on employment and the economy in the Texas High Plains region. The most recent data shows that crop production on the South Plains supported more than 103,000 jobs and generated more than $12.2 billion in economic activity in 2010. more »
Texas Tech graduate student Mary Hunt has been selected as an International Livestock Congress-USA Student Travel Fellow. As part of the honor the Yukon, Okla., native will receive a scholarship to travel to Denver for the International Livestock Congress in January. more »
