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Welcome to the Forage Research Program in Plant & Soil Sciences here at Texas Tech University.
Our GoalTo provide you with access to information about our research program and to provide useful information that can directly contribute to the Sustainability of Agriculture in the Texas High Plains and to specifically conduct research that will benefit our community and answer today's questions in agriculture, providing help to our producers and industry for a more sustainable and profitable agricultural lifestyle while preserving our natural resources.
Research ProgramThe Forage/Livestock Systems Research Program is part of the Plant & Soil Science Department at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Our program is multidisciplinary with large interaction from various departments, state agencies, government entities, companies, and producers. Dr. Vivien G. Allen, PhD. is a Paul Whitfield Horn Professor and Thornton Distinguished Chair in Plant
& Soil Sciences
with Texas Tech University, and has been the
Mr. Philip Brown, M.S. is Senior Research Associate of our
Forage Program in charge of
overall laboratory, field and
Mr. Paul Green, is our Technician responsible for data collection,
sample preparation, and field maintenance and operations. Mr. Green
assists graduate students with
Paul takes great care in all of his work as is demonstrated in every aspect of his involvement with our program.
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Contact InformationVivien G. Allen, PhD. Thornton Distinguished Chair in Plant & Soil Science Telephone: 806-742-1625 Email: felician@ttu.edu Philip Brown, M.S. - Webmaster and Research Associate Forage/Livestock Systems Research in Plant & Soil Science Telephone: 806-742-2789 Email: philip.brown@ttu.edu Paul Green, Technician III Forage/Livestock Systems Research in Plant & Soil Science Telephone: 806-746-5334 Email: paul.green@ttu.edu
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head of our Forage/Livestock
Systems
Research Program since 1995.
Dr. Allen directs our research program and graduate students as well as teaches
various undergraduate and graduate courses. Dr. Allen is a fellow in Crop
Science Society of America (CSSA), the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), and
the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Allen
received the American Forage and Grassland Council Medallion Award for
Outstanding Contributions to AFGC and the Forage Industry in 1999 and the
Outstanding Research Award for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources and the Barnie E. Rushing Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award
from Texas Tech in 2000. Dr. Allen has also served as the CSSA President in
2002. 
computer operations, as well as
all forage personnel.
Mr. Brown has been employed by Texas Tech since 1984 as a Masters student, and
became the full time Research Associate for the Forage Research Program in 1989
under Dr. Jerry Matches. Mr. Brown received an Outstanding Achievement
Award from Texas Tech in 1993 and an Outstanding Achievement and
Contribution to the Advancement of Agricultural Science and Education award from
the College of Agriculture in 2003. More recently Mr. Brown received a Top
Techsan Staff Award in 2005 from the Texas Tech Alumni Association.
Additional duties include webmaster, class instruction, technical support,
experimental field research system design and implementation, and all computer
graphics and presentation development. 
projects
and has primary responsibility in animal care, feeding and observation. He
maintains our forage equipment and New Deal Farm facilities and assists in every
part of our program. Mr. Green brings extensive experience in drip
irrigation, data collection and organizational skills, as well as surveying and
supervisory skills. 
