Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
POSSIBLE CAREERS
- Banking and finance
- Business development
- Law and public policy
- Agribusiness
- Community development
- Operations management
- Insurance
Fighting the great land grab
The story Loka Ashwood tells of the transformation of the rural farming community where she grew up is a sad—and, sadly, familiar—one to many who hold happy memories of childhoods spent in similar places.
Animal Sciences
POSSIBLE CAREERS
- Veterinary medicine
- Animal health and nutrition
- Ranch or farm management
- Food safety
- Horse breeding
- Animal genetics
- Food product development
Horses a $2.08 billion industry in Alabama
Alabama's horse industry continues to have a substantial impact on the state’s bottom line, pumping an estimated $2.08 billion annually into the Alabama economy and contributing, both directly and indirectly, to about 24,000 jobs that represent $706 million in total labor income.
Biosystems Engineering
POSSIBLE CAREERS
- Equipment design
- Biofuel development
- Industrial engineering
- Water resources management
- Ecosystems restoration
- Quality control engineering
- Natural resources protection
Auburn agriculture part of pilot big-data project
How big is data in U.S. agriculture? Consider that one acre of corn can generate seven gigabytes of data. With approximately 93 million acres of the crop currently in production, that’s 145 million DVDs filled with information—from just one crop.
Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
POSSIBLE CAREERS
- Sports turf development
- Crop production
- Environmental Science & Consulting
- Land use consulting
- Biochemical research
- Seed production
- Soil quality research
- Soil Science
- Wetland Science
Collaboration with STRI Group to enhance Auburn sports turf research
Auburn University is joining forces with the world’s leading sports turf consultancy to initiate research and development programs throughout the U.S. sports surface market. The agreement with the STRI Group will focus primarily on expanding the U.S. soccer industry, as well as conducting surfaces research in other sports including golf, football, baseball and equestrian.
Entomology and Plant Pathology
POSSIBLE CAREERS
- Crop production
- Pesticide development
- Seed and plant production
- Botanical gardening
- Food safety
- Greenhouse management
- Pest control management
The Bee's Knees
An entomologist whose most recent findings as a senior research associate at Switzerland’s University of Bern suggest that two widely used pesticides act as unintended contraceptives in male honey bees has joined the Auburn University College of Agriculture as assistant professor of insect pollination and apiculture in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
POSSIBLE CAREERS
- Marine biology
- Fish or shellfish farming
- Pond management
- Pond design and development
- Fish and seafood production
- Aquatic resources management
- Wetlands conservation
Auburn’s Youssef recognized for catfish research
The award recognizes Youssef’s abstract, “Effect of combined transgenic channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus growth hormone (GH) and their siblings on growth rate of channel catfish in earthen ponds,” which summarizes her research on the growth performance of male and female transgenic channel catfish growth hormone (GH) cDNA and their full siblings in earthen ponds at different ages.
Horticulture
POSSIBLE CAREERS
- Landscape design
- Nursery management
- Fruit and vegetable production
- Botanical gardening
- Natural resource management
- Organic gardening and farming
- Arboretum design
Horticulture master's student garners multiple scholarships
Andrej Svyantek, a master’s student in Auburn’s Department of Horticulture, has been awarded four scholarships totaling $9,500 in recent weeks to support his research on sustainable production of wine grapes in Alabama and the Southeast.
Poultry Science
POSSIBLE CAREERS
- Food safety
- Veterinary medicine
- Quality control management
- Food packaging design
- Process engineering
- Hatchery management
- Farm management
Auburn University dedicates Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center
The Miller Center will support programming and activities of Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science and the National Poultry Technology Center. Poultry is Alabama’s leading agricultural commodity, with a $15 billion economic impact. And Alabama is one of the country’s leading poultry-producing states.