Variety testing program’s stakeholders to benefit from new collaboration

by agwpadmin | Apr 4, 2024 | News

By Henry Jordan Thanks to a grant from the National Peanut Board, a new multistate collaboration will allow the Auburn University Official Variety Testing (OVT) program to provide its stakeholders access to new data. The OVT first contracted with Medius Ag, a...

Biosystems engineering alumna highlighted in PepsiCo STEM campaign

by agwpadmin | Feb 29, 2024 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature

By Jeremy Henderson jdh0123@auburn.edu, 3343190721 When it came to selecting a success story celebrating the growing role of women in their company’s leadership — and in STEM fields in general — Frito-Lay chose wisely. The snack giant recently highlighted 2013...

Brodbeck family has Auburn, Guatemala, coffee in their blood

by agwpadmin | Nov 17, 2023 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature

By Mike Jernigan If die-hard Auburn fans truly bleed orange and blue, then few families’ blood likely features more of the Tiger colors than the Brodbeck clan, whose immediate family features seven Auburn graduates. But a blood test would also show another liquid...

Professor Profile: Leanne Dillard

by agwpadmin | Nov 16, 2023 | AL Cooperative Extension, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature

The Road Back: Leanne Dillard shares her agriculture story By Justin Miller A desire to work in agriculture is something that many people have from an early age. But the story of Leanne Dillard is quite different. Early in her life, she wanted nothing to do with...

Alabama Extension tackles critical issues in inaugural lecture

by agwpadmin | Oct 13, 2023 | Feature

Experts in agriculture, the environment and nutrition will address critical topics impacting Alabama communities Thursday, Oct. 26, as part the Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s Extension Week activities. The lecture, “Sustaining Life: Exploring the Future of...

Graduate student focuses on important Listeria prevention

by agwpadmin | Sep 6, 2023 | Poultry Science, Student Spotlight

International student Sierra finds passion for food science By Rachel Damiani Katherine Sierra, an Auburn University master’s student in food science, has won multiple awards that hinge on her public speaking ability, including a third-place award for her poster...

College of Agriculture to host annual Ag Roundup Sept. 16

by agwpadmin | Sep 5, 2023 | Feature

By Georgia Smith The 44th annual Ag Roundup, hosted by the Auburn Agricultural Alumni Club and the College of Agriculture at Auburn University, will return to campus on Saturday, Sept. 16, offering a special opportunity for agriculture alumni and friends to gather for...