Agriculture
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Fruits and Vegetables Grown Here Are Ripe for the Picking
The sweet and earthy flavors developed in The Research Valley are appreciated throughout the country. |
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Brazos Expo Center Provides Showcase For Agricultural Assets
Ask “Where’s the Beef?” in Research Valley and the directions will lead to a new $20.5 million complex for livestock shows and sales in Bryan. |
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Alpacas Creating Different Breed of Ranching
Paul Roberts had run three startup companies, moved four times in five years and wanted something different. After some research, he shared an idea with his wife. |
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Alpaca Ranching a Growing Business in the Valley
Careful – they kiss. When Laurence and Donna Binder decided to raise alpacas 20 years ago, they went to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, a massive event spanning three weeks with mil lions of attendees. |
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Texas-Size Poinsettias a Big Hit at the White House
Ellison’s Greenhouses has been a blooming success in Brenham since 1969. For proof, just look at the poinsettias grown there. |
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Monterey Mushrooms Scores with More Spores
Business at Monterey Mushrooms Inc. in Madisonville is, well, mushrooming. |
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Corn-Fed Cattle Produce Healthier Beef
This is no bull: Texas A&M University has discovered the healthiest Angus beef for humans to eat. |
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Research Ranges From Cloning To Combating Disease
Texas A&M is the cream of the crop when it comes to conducting agricultural research at the university level. |
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Madison County Stays Loyal To Its Ranching Roots
Madison County has a lot to beef about. The 472-square-mile county in east central Texas has only about 12,000 human residents. But today it has about 55,000 head of cattle and calves – historic levels that mean cattle outnumber folks by about five to one. |
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‘E-Beam’ Lab Helps Ensure A Safe Food Supply
That meal may taste good, but is it good for you? It’s a fair question to ask every time you eat. Nearly a quarter of Americans experience a foodborne illness in the United States each year. |
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Blue Bell National Growth Is Steady
Blue Bell sure knows how to play hard to get. Texans so love the homegrown ice cream that they’ve made it the No. 3 supermarket brand in the country. But Blue Bell is still only found in parts of 16 states. |
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TAMU and Food Industry Cook up Progress
In 1990, Texas A&M University created an Institute of Food Science and Engineering as a way to advance university research on food and nutrition for the public good. |
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World Equine Services Sets Standards In Breeding
If anywhere in North America is better for horses than Texas, the horses havent found it yet. The state of the “Great Cattle Drives” has seen every thing from Spanish vaqueros and Mexican cavalry to Comanche Indians and the fabled Texas Rangers, not to mention ranchers and U.S. soldiers. |
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Valley Vineyards Become a Booming Agribusiness
Plantersville entrepreneur Jerry Bernhardt has a knack for turn ing wild berries into delicious concoctions. “I grew up making jellies and jams from wild berries with my mother, and I thought I’d do it again someday when I retired,” Bernhardt says. |
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