Regions of Texas showing how Texas A&M AgriLife districts are divided
The Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Vernon is located in Vernon, TX, in an area known as the Texas Rolling Plains. The Vernon Research & Extension Center also includes two satellite centers, Chillicothe and Smith-Walker.
The Vernon Center is home to research and extension education programs in the following:
- environmental systems management
- water quality
- food, feed, fiber, and biofuel production
- animal nutrition and health
- rangeland restoration
- agricultural resource economics
- natural resource conservation and protection
- plant breeding.
Our outreach programs and services provide quality, relevant ‘real learning for real life’ for the people and communities of the Rolling Plains.
Economic Impact
This 2-page document outlines the economic impacts of the Texas A&M AgriLife Center at Vernon as well as the prospective impacts of following agricultural recommendations of the center.
The Vernon Center supports 116 jobs across the Texas Rolling Plains in addition to 87 housed within Texas A&M AgriLife District 3. The center’s economic impact over the past 5 years is more than $33.8 million, which accounts for salaries, direct purchasing, and indirect spending recirculated through households.
Contact
(940) 552-9941
(940) 552-2317 (Research fax)
(940) 553-4657 (Extension fax)
Physical Location:
11708 Highway 70 South
Vernon, TX 76384
Mailing addresses:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research-Vernon
PO Box 1658
Vernon, TX 76385
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension District 03
P.O. Box 2159
Vernon, TX 76385
Research
Our researchers are working hard to make an impact in the lives of Texans through: