The purpose of these funds is to conduct research in all aspects of agriculture, including plant and animal health, production and p rotection, soil and water conservation, agricultural economics,…

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Texas A&M Agrilife Research $3.768 million under the Hatch Act formula grant program on October 1, 2025, for agricultural research spanning plant and animal health, production and protection, soil and water conservation, agricultural economics, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, and emerging agricultural challenges at local, state, regional, national, and worldwide levels.

The award funds research conducted collaboratively across multiple agricultural experiment stations to solve problems affecting multiple states or regions. Texas A&M Agrilife Research, the research division of The Texas A&M University System and a 1862 land-grant research institution, delivers the work with primary administrative and facility resources at College Station, Texas, and subordinate research centers and field stations distributed across the state and region. The research contributes to advances in crop and livestock productivity, resource management, and food security; develops adapted crop varieties and improved disease and pest management strategies; creates new technologies for water and nutrient use efficiency, remote sensing, and high-throughput phenotyping; and strengthens food safety, animal health, and public health outcomes through multistate collaborative initiatives.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Hatch Act funds are expected to be fully expended in the fiscal year of appropriation; up to one hundred percent of funds may be carried over for up to one year after the end of the year for which they were appropriated without prior approval. At least twenty-five percent of Hatch funding must support projects where states work together to address problems affecting more than one state.

The purpose of these funds is to conduct research in all aspects of agriculture, including plant and animal health, production and p rotection, soil and water conservation, agricultural economics, nutrition, sustainable agriculture and other emerging agricultural problems at the local, state, regional, national and worldwide level. These funds are to be used in a cooperative and collaborative way by working with other agricultural experiment stations from across the country to solve problems that impact multiple states or regions. Agrilife research creates and shares knowledge that nourishes health, protects natural resources, and supports agricultural economies. Our research ensures healthy lives and livelihoods improve through abundant, affordable, and high-quality food and agricultural products in texas, across various regions, and the world. Agrilife research is committed to delivering cutting-edge scientific tools and innovative solutions for producers, industry members, and urban and rural communities to support the nourishment and well being of all people. These efforts lead to the stability and continual enhancement of our state's agroecosystems and natural resources, further ensuring the economic competitiveness and excellence of agriculture and human health. Through multistate hatch collaborations, texas a & m agrilife research has contributed to advances in crop and livestock productivity, resource management, and food security. Recent multistate projects have resulted in the development of adapted crop varieties, improved disease and pest man agement strategies, and new technologies for water and nutrient use efficiency, remote sensing, and high-throughput phenotyping. These efforts have supported the adoption of conservation practices, enhanced productivity, and improved profitability for producers across multiple states. Multistate research has also strengthened food safety, animal health, and public health outcomes, while fostering knowledge exchange and capacity building among scientists, stakeholders, and communities nationwide. Agrilife research is working to find innovative solutions that will create adaptive agricultural systems - systems that can meet the demand of a growing population, resilience to extreme weather conditions, fluctuating economic conditions, unpredictable geopolitical environments, declining resources, and public health crises. Our strategic research plan aims at making fundamental scientific discoveries and applying them to create new technologies that will enhance the sustainability and resilience of adaptive agricultural systems. These agile systems can meet the needs not only of food and fiber, but also of clean water and air, functional landscapes, improved health and well-being, and the sustainability of resources for generations to come. The following are four broad priority areas that agrilife research focuses on: 1. Discover new innovations, technologies, and science-based solutions to enhance agricultural and ecological systems, and the life sciences. 2. Provide the translational research necessary to develop and produce high-quality, safe, and sustainable f OOD and fiber systems with local, national, and global impacts. 3. Enhance the efficiency, profitability, and resiliency of agriculture, natural resources, and food systems in the state of texas, across regions and the world. 4. Discover, disseminate, and facilitate the adoption of scientific evidence at the intersection of nutrition, human health, and agriculture. Agrilife research allocates these hatch multistate funds throughout the agency for the researchers to conduct their research and grow their programs. Researchers are expected to publish their results and grow their research program through other external sponsored research projects. The citizens of texas, the US, and the world benefit from the research done by these researchers.