As tick infestations rise across Texas, two Texas A&M AgriLife Research innovators have aimed to protect the U.S. cattle industry from the emerging threat. Learn how Texas A&M AgriLife professors Dr. Patricia Pietrantonio and Dr. Adela Chavez in the Department of Texas A&M Entomology each received a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant directed at creating new ways to prevent tick infestations and protect Texas cattle from the diseases spread by cattle fever ticks. #TAMUBugs #NIFAimpacts