The National Collegiate FFA Organization has selected a Texas Tech University sophomore to serve as one of 20 National Collegiate Agricultural Ambassadors for the next year. The focus of the program is to develop and implement a sustainable agricultural awareness plan among teachers and students on the local level and to share the importance of agriculture. (more…)
Three of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ primary academic programs – packaging, food science and natural resources – were featured Wednesday on a leading national news Web site in an article on how unusual majors can get students a job in today’s stressful job market. (more…)
Led by last year’s southwest region reserve all-around champion, Texas Tech rodeo team leaders are predicting an upcoming season of solid performances built on hard-earned experience. The Red Raider riders took second place last year at the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association regional and placed in the ‘Top 20’ at Wyoming’s College National Finals Rodeo this summer. (more…)
Texas Tech University System Office of Technology Commercialization and Bayer CropScience have signed an exclusive licensing agreement to utilize a new cotton technology from the university’s International Center for Excellence in Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology. (more…)
In the 1860s Spanish missionaries began cultivating grapes near present day El Paso. In 1883, Frank Qualia founded the Val Verde Winery in Del Rio, the oldest bonded winery still in operation today. Texas viticulturist Thomas Munson is credited with saving the European wine industry. (more…)
More than 1,250 students, including 25 from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, received diplomas at Texas Tech University’s undergraduate commencement ceremonies Aug. 8 at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock. (more…)
An exclusive licensing agreement to utilize a new cotton technology from Texas Tech University’s International Center for Excellence in Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology has been inked by the university’s Office of Technology Commercialization and Bayer CropScience. (more…)
