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International Year of Soils; Recognition of soil as an essential natural resource

February 24, 2015

International Year of Soils; Recognition of soil as an essential natural resource

Soil researchers have a PSA for the wider, non-soil researching world: soil is not the same as dirt. Dirt is simply soil that has been misplaced from its natural setting, like the stuff tracked into your house and makes a mess. Another difference between soil and dirt is the fact that lowly dirt does not have an entire year dedicated to the celebration of and education for it, as designated by the United Nations.

Sorghum hybrid firm is first tenant for Tech

February 12, 2015

Sorghum hybrid firm is first tenant for Tech's Research and Technology Park

An agbiotech company that focuses on sorghum hybrids is the first tenant signed to move into the new Texas Tech Innovation Hub and Research Park. Headquartered in Chicago, Chromatin targets its research in areas such as water scarcity, increasing global demand for food and the limits on fertile land, making a great fit for Texas Tech and the South Plains region.

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February 06, 2015

Texas Tech's undergrad agricultural communications top-ranked, study says

The agricultural communications undergraduate program offered by Texas Tech University's Department of Agricultural Education and Communications is ranked as the best in the nation, according to a new University of Arkansas study. Following the top-ranked Red Raiders were the University of Florida, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Kansas State.