Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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Agency overview
Formed1887
JurisdictionTexas
HeadquartersCollege Station, Texas, United States
Employees400+ Doctoral-level scientists
Annual budget$216.3 million (FY 2017)
Agency executives
  • Dr. Cliff Lamb, Director
  • David Ragsdale, Associate Director and Chief Science Officer
  • Rebecca Seguin-Fowler, Associate Director
  • Henry Fadamiro, Associate Director and Chief Scientific Officer
  • Elizabeth Parker, Associate Director for Operations and Strategic Initiatives
Parent agencyTexas A&M AgriLife
Websitehttp://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is the agricultural and life sciences research agency of the U.S. state of Texas and a part of the Texas A&M University System. Formerly named Texas Agricultural Research Service, the agency's name was changed January 1, 2008, as part of a rebranding of Texas A&M AgriLife (formerly Texas A&M Agriculture). The A&M was formally added to the agency's name on September 1, 2012, as part of a branding effort by the Texas A&M University System to strengthen the association between the agencies and Texas A&M University.

The agricultural experiment station division is headquartered at Texas A&M's flagship campus in College Station, Texas. Texas A&M AgriLife Research serves all 254 Texas counties and operates 15 research centers throughout the state.

Texas A&M AgriLife Research specialists in beef cattle have produced the world's largest set of gene-mapping resources for beef cattle and have cloned what is believed to be the first animal—a calf—specifically cloned for disease resistance.

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