The Texas AgriLife  Research and Extension Center at Corpus Christi was officially opened in February, 1974, and formally dedicated in May, 1974.  
The Center is administratively responsible for the research of satellite stations & laboratories located at Beeville, Flour Bluff, and Port Aransas.  
Faculty and staff located at the Center and Satellite Stations research problems facing south Texas agriculture and natural resources including animal nutrition, economics, entomology, plant pathology, plant physiology, animal physiology, soil science, weed science, wildlife management, and recreation.