by Josh Woods | May 16, 2024 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, News
The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station closed on a new 904-acre property in Autaugaville May 16. The $5.15 million purchase was approved by the Auburn University Board of Trustees at its April 12 meeting. The Experiment Station also will sell two properties that...
by Josh Woods | Apr 11, 2024 | Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, Entomology & Plant Pathology, News
Three faculty members from the Auburn University College of Agriculture were among 88 nationally to complete the 2023-24 LEAD21 leadership-development program. They were Jeremiah Davis, professor and director of the National Poultry Technology Center; Kim Mullenix,...
by Josh Woods | Feb 14, 2024 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, News
Dennis Brothers received the Southern Agricultural Economics Association’s Outstanding Extension Project Award at its annual meeting in early February. Brothers is an associate extension professor in the university’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural...
by Josh Woods | Feb 14, 2024 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Feature
Paul Patterson received the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual meeting in early February. Patterson is dean of the Auburn University College of Agriculture and director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station....
by Josh Woods | Feb 9, 2024 | Feature, Poultry Science
Auburn University has named Govind Kannan as its head for the Department of Poultry Science and director of the Charles C. Miller Poultry Research and Education Center, effective June 1. Kannan currently serves as Fort Valley State University’s vice president for...
by Josh Woods | Jan 30, 2024 | Feature, Horticulture
Auburn University has awarded Daniel Wells, associate professor of horticulture, with its Elbert A. and Barbara L. Botts Endowed Professorship, effective this month. The appointment is for 33 months, January 2024-September 2026. Wells has served at Auburn since 2014,...
by Josh Woods | Jan 26, 2024 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, News, Research
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Auburn University’s Di Tian a two-year, $313,420 grant to develop improved long-term, high-resolution precipitation data over the United States. Tian is an associate professor in Auburn’s Department of Crop,...