March 21, 2013

Snowboarder Magazine; Tech prof lauds new plant-based sunglass lens use

March 19, 2013

Food safety focus; AFS's Loneragan named to national USDA committee

February 28, 2013

Rate of Return; Categorizing farms according to size is tough row to hoe

It seems simple enough. What is a farm? The U.S. Agriculture Department defines it as "any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year." "Very large farms" are defined as having gross sales of more than $500,000.

January 25, 2013

SW Farm Press: Lack of Farm Bill Opens Agriculture to Looming Larger Cuts

Failure of the U.S. Congress to pass a farm bill during the last legislative session and apparent apathy from leaders in the House of Representatives to take up the issue anytime soon creates an air of uncertainty and skepticism from farmers and the agricultural industry, according to an agriculture economics professor at Texas Tech University.

January 16, 2013

Recognition; Retired PSS Prof Receives AFGC Distinguished Grasslander Award

January 11, 2013

Tech Plant and Soil Science Department Adds Turfgrass Expert Joseph Young

January 09, 2013

Associated Press Report: Texas Tech Microwave Keeps Bread Mold at Bay

January 07, 2013

Abidi Receives Chancellor's Council Distinguished Teaching, Research Award

November 30, 2012

BBC News: Tech-Based MicroZap Raises Chance of 60-Day Mold-Free Bread

November 28, 2012

VIRAL VIDEO: South Plains Cotton Production Has Significant Impact

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.