by Josh Woods | Apr 4, 2016 | Animal Sciences
From the Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation The Alabama BCIF recently awarded a graduate fellowship and two undergraduate scholarships to three outstanding young people at the Alabama BCIA 2016 Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with the...
by Josh Woods | Apr 4, 2016 | Animal Sciences
From the Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association (BCIA) recently named the 2015 recipient of the Outstanding Extension Educator at the 73rd Annual Alabama Cattleman’s Convention in Birmingham. Alabama BCIA recognized...
by Josh Woods | Jan 29, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Entomology & Plant Pathology
by MAGGIE LAWRENCE AUBURN, Ala.—Public health officials are working to contain an outbreak of Zika virus across Central and South America. But scientists at Auburn University do not believe that the United States will face the disease in the numbers appearing in...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Freshwater is essential for life on earth. It also is a finite resource and must be safeguarded from pollution and waste. Scientists with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station are conducting a number of research projects focused on water quality and...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Protecting and maintaining our current water supply is a priority of scientists with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, who were addressing the issue through research aimed at overall environmental quality and sustainability. David Blersch, an ecological...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Researchers from the College of Agriculture are using the oldest continuous cotton experiment in the world to find answers to some of the most vexing problems of modern-day agriculture. The “Old Rotation,” established in 1896, is the third oldest field crop experiment...
by Josh Woods | Oct 28, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Genetically improved peanut varieties promise more drought tolerance for farmers and improved food safety for consumers. Charles Chen, associate professor in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, is currently researching ways to genetically modify and breed...