by Adam Cletzer | Sep 27, 2024 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature, News, Poultry Science
The average broiler chicken lives 6–8 weeks and spends much of that time indoors, but researchers at Auburn University are investigating the use of natural light in broiler houses and its effects on bird performance and welfare. A team of agricultural engineers,...
by Adam Cletzer | Aug 13, 2024 | Feature, Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Vaccine development made possible by $300,000 USDA-NIFA grant Largemouth bass producers may soon have a new vaccine for a common pathogen affecting the unusually death-prone fish species. Auburn University researchers are working to lower the fish’s near 80% mortality...
by Adam Cletzer | Jul 23, 2024 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Feature, Research
Researchers at Auburn University aim to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions due to agriculture by modifying one of the world’s largest voluntary conservation programs: the USDA’s 25-million-acre Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). A team of agricultural economists...
by Adam Cletzer | May 2, 2024 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, News
Farmers often lament the land lost to suburban sprawl, but across the South, a land mass roughly the size of New Jersey is stuck in a legal limbo known as heirs’ property. In Alabama, about 200,000 acres of agricultural and forest land is in heirs’ property. Until the...
by Adam Cletzer | Mar 26, 2024 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Research
Research made possible by $650,000 USDA-NIFA grant The number of farms in the U.S. operated by women has grown 27% in recent years. Yet, despite their growing number and influence, little is known about the needs of women in farming, the challenges they face and their...
by Adam Cletzer | Dec 6, 2023 | Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Research made possible by $650,000 USDA-NIFA grant By Adam Cletzer In the $1.5 billion U. S. aquaculture industry, largemouth bass production is a small fry. The fish’s unusually high mortality rate across all stages of production makes it a challenge for farmers to...
