by Cheri Ayers Cannon | Jul 25, 2024 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop Production, Fruits & Nuts, Horticulture, News
Blueberries, a superfood rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and essential nutrients, are widely celebrated during July for National Blueberry Month. Recognizing the potential within these small yet mighty fruits, researchers at Auburn University work to promote the...
by Morgan Adams | Jul 25, 2024 | Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
USDA-NIFA recently awarded a $650,000 grant to Rex Dunham to genetically improve the overall genotype and phenotype of both channel catfish and a hybrid between channel catfish females and blue catfish males. Dunham is a professor in the School of Fisheries,...
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 Kristen Bowman | Jul 22, 2024 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, News, Research
Long-term security of U.S. food and fiber production depends upon healthy soils to produce healthy plants. While scientific understanding of the importance of healthy soils has increased greatly, there remains a knowledge gap when it comes to how the soil microbiome...
by Josh Woods | Jul 21, 2024 | Animal Sciences, Feature, News
Kim Mullenix will serve as the next head of the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences, effective Aug. 19. She has been a member of the department’s faculty since 2014, currently serving as an associate professor, Extension beef systems specialist and program...
by Paul Hollis | Jul 17, 2024 | Biosystems Engineering, Horticulture, News, Research
Ornamental plant growers in Alabama feeling the squeeze of a competitive labor market may soon find help in an unexpected form. An AI-powered robot, currently in development at Auburn, will be able to inventory thousands of plants while also collecting data on plant...
by Paul Hollis | Jul 15, 2024 | Animal Sciences, Feature, News, Research
When Brandon Smith discusses his research on sustainable beef production, he’s speaking not only as an assistant professor in the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences but also as someone who is intimately familiar with the needs of producers. “I come from a...
by Morgan Adams | Jun 24, 2024 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature, Research
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) recently awarded Aniruddha Maity a $300,000 grant to research the influences of endophytes and abiotic factors on herbicide resistance development in Italian...
by Morgan Adams | Jun 20, 2024 | Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in consultation with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, has awarded Dr. Shannon Brewer a $433, 867 grant to examine how to use existing water ways to deter invasive carp from the Mississippi River and...
by kelley-young | Jun 19, 2024 | Biosystems Engineering, Center for Bioenergy & Bioproducts, Feature, News
By Kelley Young For researchers studying environmentally friendly farming practices, biochar is a game-changer. Biochar, a charcoal-like substance created by heating plant waste, is a groundbreaking innovation in the field of sustainable farming. It is beneficial for...
by rachel priest | May 30, 2024 | Horticulture, News
By Rachel Priest “I’ve always joked that Aubie is the reason I work here,” said Kaylen Anderson, laughing. “I love Aubie, and I have tons of photos of us.” An Auburn University employee for six years — with the majority of those years spent as an administrator for the...
by Paul Hollis | May 16, 2024 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Research
U.S. peanut producers have seen peaks and valleys in their yields over the years, prompting researchers at Auburn University to analyze these inconsistencies and search for ways to boost and maintain profitable crops. An analysis of yields since 1970 made by a College...
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 Kristen Bowman | May 14, 2024 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, News, Research
A seasoned researcher and administrator in the Auburn University College of Agriculture and one of the top 2% of entomologists in the world got her start in the field because of the kindness of a neighbor. Nannan Liu grew up in Beijing in a community full of...
by Kristen Bowman | May 13, 2024 | Feature, News, The Market
Auburn University’s only farmers’ market returns to campus on Thursday, May 23. The Market at Ag Heritage Park is hosted by the College of Agriculture at Auburn University every Thursday each summer from 3-6 p.m. The purpose of the market is to connect local farmers,...
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 Kristen Bowman | Apr 29, 2024 | News, Student Spotlight
The spring 2024 graduation marshal for the Auburn University College of Agriculture is a Blountsville, Alabama, native with farm management plans on the horizon. Corley Williams will receive a Bachelor of Science in agricultural communications and a minor in animal...
by Paul Hollis | Apr 28, 2024 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Research
One of several grants offered through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) research program for the current fiscal year will allow for the continuation of groundbreaking research originally established at Auburn University that focuses on using...
by amy-weaver | Apr 17, 2024 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature
By Amy Weaver Longtime Auburn University Professor Beth Guertal joined the ranks of Thomas Edison, W.E.B. Dubois and Margaret Mead with her election as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Guertal is one of 502 scientists,...
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 Kristen Bowman | Apr 5, 2024 | Feature, Student Spotlight
College of Agriculture student Chera Howard placed second in a competition that started with 21 student-led business startups competing for $80,000 in seed funding. The 2024 Tiger Cage Business Pitch Competition concluded on March 29 when the six teams who advanced to...