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Tech, CASNR Celebrate 90th Year; Senate Bill Signed This Month in 1923

February 11, 2013

Tech, CASNR Celebrate 90th Year; Senate Bill Signed This Month in 1923

Texas Tech's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources celebrates a milestone this month, the 90th anniversary of the passage of Texas Senate Bill No. 103, Texas Technological College's charter. The bill "" passed Feb. 10, 1923 "" was signed by the governor to establish a Texas state college in West Texas.

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

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.

Global Ambitions; CASNR Plans Maymester Study Abroad Trip to China

December 10, 2012

Global Ambitions; CASNR Plans Maymester Study Abroad Trip to China

Traveling through the Chinese countryside in summertime is like being transported back to a different time and place. Outdated machinery dots the never-ending farmland, reminiscent of the United States more than half a century prior. Although some farmland has the flat, arid, West Texas-feel, mere miles away, entire farms are created on flat shelves of land carved out of the hills and mountainsides.

CASNR Instructor, Students Active at Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Forum

December 06, 2012

CASNR Instructor, Students Active at Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Forum

Hispanic student leaders from Texas Tech University took an active part in the 'Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Forum' on Oct. 17-19 in San Antonio. Among those adding to the event were five Tech College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources undergraduate students.