by Paul Hollis | Oct 18, 2019 | News, Poultry Science
By Paul Hollis / Oct 18, 2019 2:04:26 PM Events, Poultry Science The College of Agriculture’s Department of Poultry Science recently unveiled a sculpture presented by Aviagen, one of the world’s largest poultry breeding service companies. Aviagen privately...
by Paul Hollis | Oct 8, 2019 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Feature, Research
By Paul Hollis Grants from the National Science Foundation are some of the most prestigious and competitive researchers can receive, with only one out of every five proposals ultimately being approved for an award. So for one department in Auburn University’s College...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 30, 2019 | E.T. York Lecturer Series, News
By Paul Hollis / Sep 30, 2019 3:26:10 PM News, Events The climate is changing, but farmers are not to blame, the chief scientist of the USDA said recently during a presentation to a group of students and faculty at Auburn University. “There are a lot of reasons for...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 30, 2019 | Alumni Stories, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Research
By Mitch Emmons A recent doctoral graduate in the College of Agriculture’s entomology program has completed the first scientific classification and identification study of a group of insects, phylloxerans – an insect similar to an aphid – that has been...
by Paul Hollis | Jul 29, 2019 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, News, Research
By Paul Hollis / Jul 29, 2019 1:53:18 PM Feature As agricultural research dollars become increasingly scarce, it’s more important than ever that funded projects provide timely solutions to real-world problems. That’s why the proposals approved for Auburn University’s...
by Paul Hollis | Jul 1, 2019 | Animal Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature, Research
By Paul Hollis / Jul 1, 2019 4:40:55 PM Feature Researchers and extension specialists in Auburn’s College of Agriculture are joining forces on a project that could provide a fertilizer alternative to Alabama livestock producers currently using synthetic nitrogen on...
by Paul Hollis | Jun 21, 2019 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, Feature, Research
By Paul Hollis While cattle production represents a $2.5 billion industry in Alabama, the economic impact could be even greater if not for the limiting factor of reproductive inefficiency. That’s why Auburn University researchers are creating a basis of knowledge that...