Andrej Svyantek, Ph.D., has joined Texas A&M as an assistant professor and researcher focusing on horticultural crop breeding.

The Texas beef cattle herd grew slightly since January 2024, but the overall U.S. herd remains near its lowest numbers since 1961.

Texans can help prevent the spread of oak wilt by avoiding pruning or wounding oak trees from February through June.

Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute published the latest Texas Land Trends Program report covering land use change, trends from 1997-2022.