Texas A&M AgriLife

What Texas A&M AgriLife does

Texas A&M AgriLife is the agriculture and life sciences enterprise of The Texas A&M University System, structured as a college plus four state agencies: the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, the Texas A&M Forest Service, and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL). It claims to be the largest comprehensive agriculture program in the United States, employing more than 5,000 people and operating approximately 250 extension offices that serve all 254 Texas counties, supported by 13 regional research and extension centers. The enterprise spans teaching, basic and applied research, field extension, forestry management, and veterinary diagnostics, with designated Center of Excellence status from the IAEA and DHS anchoring its nuclear and homeland security agricultural work.

Its core assets include a precision phenotyping greenhouse, a cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) facility, recently acquired research farms (Thomas Ranch and Dolle Barker Farm) for regenerative agriculture, the Texas A&M Institute for Equine Sciences, and TVMDL's molecular diagnostic capabilities. AgriLife Research secured $160 million in competitive grants in a single cycle, including a $65 million single award, reflecting strong external funding capture. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has grown enrollment 33% since 2022 and is executing the Dean's Excellence Scholars program, described as the largest scholarship campaign in the College's history.

Its operating model is a hybrid public funding and grant-driven structure rather than a commercial revenue model. The Extension Service alone operates on a $229 million annual budget, supplemented by state appropriations for the Forest Service, federal grants for Research, tuition and state support for the College, and fee-for-service diagnostic revenue at TVMDL. Revenue is therefore a mixed stream of state appropriations, federal competitive grants, tuition, and service fees, with no single commercial pricing model; stakeholders include Texas producers, state and federal agencies, students, and animal health clients.

Name

Texas A&M AgriLife

Legal name

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Website

https://agrilife.tamu.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Texas A&M AgriLife is the agriculture and life sciences arm of The Texas A&M University System, combining a college with four state agencies to deliver teaching, research, extension, forestry, and veterinary diagnostics across all 254 Texas counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Education, Research and Extension Services

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG / Carbon & Conservation Program Advisory (AFACAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Plant Tissue, Soil & Water Sampling Coordination (Agronomy-Focused) (AFACABAH), Decision Support & Agronomic Modeling (Yield, Irrigation, Pest/Disease Forecasting) (AFAAAFAF), Water Efficiency Audits & Irrigation Performance Assessments (AFACAFAJ)

Keywords

• Agricultural extension services
• Agriculture research
• Land-grant university
• Veterinary diagnostics
• Forest management

Headquarters

HQ city

College Station

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. State Government Appropriations: Primary funding from Texas state government through legislative appropriations as part of the land-grant system. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service operates with an annual budget of $229 million primarily from state funding.
2. Competitive Research Grants: Federal and competitive grants funding research initiatives. AgriLife Research achieved a record $160 million in competitive grants including a $65 million award for climate smart agriculture and natural resources development.
3. Tuition and Educational Services: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences provides educational programs and degree offerings generating tuition revenue

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Texas A&M AgriLife is the largest comprehensive agriculture program nationally, delivering agricultural and life sciences education, research, extension programming, veterinary diagnostic testing, and forest/wildfire management services. It comprises a college and four state agencies within The Texas A&M University System, operating across all 254 Texas counties with over 5,000 employees and more than $229M in annual extension funding plus $160M in competitive research grants.

Product overview

Texas A&M AgriLife is the largest comprehensive agriculture program nationally, consisting of four state agencies and one college within The Texas A&M University System: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (providing statewide educational programming in agriculture, natural resources, and youth development), Texas A&M AgriLife Research (the state's premier research agency), the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (offering academic degree programs), Texas A&M Forest Service (conserving forest resources and providing disaster response), and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (providing veterinary diagnostic services). The organization also encompasses numerous specialized research institutes including the Agricultural and Food Policy Center, Center for Coffee Research and Education, Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, Institute for Genomic Medicine, Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases, National Center of Electron Beam Research, Natural Resources Institute, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, and others focused on specific areas such as urban entomology, phage technology, structural biology, water resources, and produce improvement. Together these units provide education, research, extension, and service across all 254 Texas counties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 33% enrollment growth in Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences since 2022
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Prairie View A&M UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Prairie View A&M University as part of the land-grant system partner network for agricultural and life sciences education and research.
• Tarleton State UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with Tarleton State University for collaborative research and educational initiatives in agriculture and life sciences.
• Texas A&M University-CommercemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Texas A&M University-Commerce on agricultural research and academic programming.
• Texas A&M University-KingsvillemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with Texas A&M University-Kingsville for agricultural science research and extension activities.
• West Texas A&M UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with West Texas A&M University in agricultural research and education partnerships.
• U.S. Department of AgriculturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSDA designated the National Center for Electron Beam Research as an IAEA Collaborative Centre; significant research collaboration including $65M climate smart agriculture award
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN's Vienna-based IAEA designated the National Center for Electron Beam Research as IAEA Collaborative Centre for Electron Beam Technology for food, health and environmental applications
• National Defense UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration through forest service director's master's degree; national security and emergency response training partnerships
• Department of Homeland SecuritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD) founded as DHS Science and Technology Center of Excellence to defend nation from high-consequence foreign animal and zoonotic diseases

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• University of Georgia Cooperative Extension: UGA Cooperative Extension delivers research-based education across Georgia counties through a college-plus-extension model, comparable in mission and structure to AgriLife.
• Kansas State University Research and Extension (K-State Research and Extension): K-State Research and Extension delivers land-grant research, extension, and education services across Kansas, comparable in scope to AgriLife's operations within Texas.
• Iowa State University Extension and Outreach: Iowa State's land-grant extension service delivers research-based education across all Iowa counties, mirroring AgriLife's integrated college-plus-agency model in a different state.
• North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension: NC State's Cooperative Extension Service performs county-based agricultural and life sciences programming analogous to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
• Mississippi State University Extension Service: Mississippi State Extension provides statewide research-based programming in agriculture and life sciences, paralleling AgriLife's land-grant extension mandate at a similar scale.
• University of California Davis College of Agriculture: UC Davis's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences offers the same triad of research, extension, and education as Texas A&M AgriLife, with comparable specialty research institutes.
• University of Florida IFAS Extension: UF/IFAS integrates research, extension, and teaching across Florida counties, closely matching AgriLife's all-county reach and college-plus-agency model.
• Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Cornell CALS combines a land-grant college with statewide extension and veterinary diagnostics, directly comparable to AgriLife's structure and multi-disciplinary scope.
• Purdue University College of Agriculture / Purdue Extension: Purdue combines a College of Agriculture with statewide extension, paralleling AgriLife's research-extension-education structure with comparable scale and federal grant capture.

Broad incumbents

• USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA): NIFA is the federal funding and coordinating body for land-grant agricultural research and extension; it is the principal grant counterparty that AgriLife competes against and partners with.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AgriLife
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/AgriLifeVideo
• Facebookfacebook.com/tamuagrilife
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-a&m-agrilife
• Instagraminstagram.com/tamuagrilife

Compliance5 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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