Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
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The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) 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.
The agricultural experiment station division is headquartered at Texas A&M's flagship campus in College Station, Texas. TAES serves all 254 Texas counties and operates thirteen research centers throughout the state, located in the following cities:
- Amarillo
- Beaumont
- Chillicothe
- Corpus Christi
- Dallas
- El Paso
- Lubbock
- Overton
- San Angelo
- Stephenville
- Temple
- Uvalde
- Weslaco
- McGregor
TAES beef cattle specialists 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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- FY 2003 budget: $128,866,279
- Products of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station research result in a 30 to 50 percent return on investment.
- The agency generates 41 percent of the Texas A&M University System’s royalty income from commercialization of technology.
- The agency received more than $56 million in contract and grant awards for fiscal year 2002.
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| The Texas A&M University System |
| Universities: Texas A&M University | A&M–Commerce | A&M–Corpus Christi | A&M–Kingsville Prairie View A&M | Tarleton State | A&M–Texarkana | A&M International | West Texas A&M Branches: TAMU at Galveston | TAMU at Qatar |
