Apassion for science and a drive to educate on the value of agriculture to Texas took Ben McKnight, Ph.D., from a student to a faculty member of the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.McKnight, originally from Leverett’s Chapel in Rusk County, earned two degrees from Texas A&M University before leaving for his doctorate and eventually returning for his career.As the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service state cotton specialist for the past three years, McKnight’s job has been to conduct and translate cotton research results and provide resources specific to each region and ...