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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:


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.


FACTS FROM WEBPAGE

  • 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.



SOURCE

  • http://agresearch.tamu.edu/