Texas A&M University to bring forth new agriculture building

There is, perhaps, no one who disagrees with the concept best resources are required for the best production. How can a researcher come out with the best result if he doesn’t get a good laboratory? Can there ever be any acclaimed soccer player without a good field? Not at all! This happens to be the primary condition of any work and the sooner the pertinent authority comprehends this basic principle the better it is. Texas A&M University is one of few rational authorities who have already got the real meaning and is coming out hence with new facilities within the campus.

It is likely that the new facilities at Texas A&M University will be a magnet for students who will become agriculture’s future leaders and showcase agriculture’s vital role in sustaining human life. This hope was expressed by Texas A&M President Dr. Elsa Murano before a festive crowd of 200 at groundbreaking ceremonies. Murano was speaking at an event indicating the commencement of construction on a $62.4 million agriculture headquarters building and visitor center on the Texas A&M campus. “As a land-grant institution, we have a responsibility to serve our state, our nation and our fellow man,” she said. “There’s no better way to do it than through agriculture.”

Let’s focus on the buildings. As per indications, these two buildings are the first phase of a designed four-building agriculture complex northwest of Reed Arena on the university’s west campus. The five-story headquarters facility will include 166,000 square feet and house administrative offices of the Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, and Texas AgriLife Research.

In addition, the building will provide space for classrooms and faculty for three academic departments: agricultural economics; agricultural leadership, education and communications; and recreation, park and tourism sciences. The 13,000-square-foot visitor center “will showcase agriculture and life sciences as vital components of everyday living,” said Dr. Mark Hussey, vice chancellor for Agriculture and Life Sciences.