Carlos
Vela Garcia
Assistant Professor
- Texas A&M AgriLife High Plains Research and Extension Center in Canyon
- Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
- Joint appointment with Texas Water Resources Institute
Carlos Vela Garcia, Ph.D., joined Texas A&M AgriLife as an assistant professor in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crops Sciences in 2026. He will hold a joint appointment with TWRI and be stationed at the Texas A&M AgriLife High Plains Research and Extension Center in Canyon.
His research is focused on integrated water-limited forage production systems for the Texas High Plains, including annual and perennial forage evaluation, forage mixtures, irrigation and nutrient management, grazing systems, soil health, and precision technologies to improve forage productivity, water-use efficiency, and sustainability. His extension work focuses on water-efficient forage and livestock production through field demonstrations, on-farm trials, field days, producer workshops, Extension publications, and stakeholder outreach.
Before joining Texas A&M AgriLife, he recently completed a postdoctoral research associate position at Clemson University, and prior to that studied in the upper Amazon basin of Peru and Brazil.
