by Josh Woods | May 15, 2025 | Feature, Horticulture
The Auburn University College of Agriculture and Campus Dining recently added four new container farms to its vertical farming operation. The four new farms, outfitted in shipping containers, are from AmplifiedAg, a leader in indoor agriculture. Auburn now has six...
by Kristen Bowman | May 13, 2025 | Feature
Hosted by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, The Market at Ag Heritage Park is an open-air, growers-only farmers market offering fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables, herbs, ornamental plants and cut flowers as well as locally produced jams and...
by Kristen Bowman | May 9, 2025 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature
Advises future ag students to get involved The spring 2025 graduation marshal for the Auburn University College of Agriculture is a familiar face around Comer Hall. Will Rich was selected from among the agriculture spring graduates to represent the college at the...
by Josh Woods | May 8, 2025 | Feature, Water Resources Center
William Batchelor has been tapped as the new director of the Auburn University Water Resources Center, effective immediately. As director, he will lead a team of scientists working with communities, farmers, governments and agencies across Alabama to improve water...
by Kristen Bowman | May 6, 2025 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, News
Sudhanshu Kumar, a Ph.D. student in the Hydroclimate Research Group within the Department of Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, has been selected for the 2025 LEAP Summer Momentum Fellowship — a prestigious and highly competitive opportunity for doctoral...
by agwpadmin | May 1, 2025 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Research
New model to help farmers make better investment decisions By Danielle Lunny Alabama farmers considering investing in irrigation equipment will soon have a free, comprehensive online tool to help them decide. A new prediction model will combine weather and economic...
by Kacey Watson | Apr 30, 2025 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, News
A recent study conducted by agricultural economists through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station examined consumers’ willingness to pay a premium for organic produce. In recent years, interest in organic produce has grown significantly; however, many...
by Kacey Watson | Apr 24, 2025 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, News, Research, Student Research
Auburn University graduate students and one faculty member rose above and beyond for this year’s Southern Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Awards. For the first time, two Auburn doctoral candidates, Caitlyn Lawton and Rogan Tokach, were honored for their achievements...
by aew0025 | Apr 21, 2025 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature, Research
By Amy Weaver Contrary to what the name might suggest, the work currently happening in the Green Infrastructure Lab at Auburn has nothing to do with green-colored roads or buildings. No Emerald City here. “Green infrastructure is an approach to managing water and...
by Kristen Bowman | Apr 18, 2025 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature, Horticulture
Three students in the College of Agriculture recently received distinguished honors from the Auburn University President’s Office. Savannah Busby received the Presidential Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, a highly competitive opportunity awarded to only a few incoming...
by Josh Woods | Apr 17, 2025 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Feature
Following a national search, Mykel Taylor was named head of the Auburn University Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, effective April 15. She had served as interim head of the department since fall 2024. “Dr. Taylor’s effective leadership, along...
by Josh Woods | Apr 16, 2025 | News
The Alabama Water Resources Conferences is accepting abstract submissions until May 23. Submissions considered include lightning talks, standard oral presentations and poster presentations. For more information or to submit an abstract, visit the conference website at...
by Kacey Watson | Apr 8, 2025 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature, Research, Student Research
Auburn University College of Agriculture student Leah Johnson received a highly competitive collegiate internship with HudsonAlpha, a premier institute for biotechnology. She is the second student from the applied biotechnology major in the Department of Entomology...
by haley hawkins | Apr 4, 2025 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature
Hosted by the College of Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Agriculture, this year’s Comer Awards were presented to three graduating Auburn University students. This prestigious tradition continues to honor the exceptional achievements of students by...
by Adam Cletzer | Apr 3, 2025 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, News
Alabama’s $123 billion agriculture industry has identified land loss, profitability and transportation infrastructure among its most pressing challenges in a recent report. The findings of the report will inform Gov. Kay Ivey’s strategic economic growth plan,...
by Kristen Bowman | Apr 1, 2025 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature
Geoff Williams, associate professor, graduate program officer and longtime director of the AU-Bees Lab, is director of the new Auburn University Bee Center, effective Tuesday, April 1. In February, the Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Auburn...
by agwpadmin | Mar 27, 2025 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature
By Jeremy Henderson There’s a buzz in the air around Corley Hall these days — literally. Blame it on the team of both doctoral and undergraduate biosystems engineering students tackling the age-old problem of precise fertilizer application with cutting-edge drone...
by Kacey Watson | Mar 27, 2025 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature
Auburn researchers help farmers adapt to EPA changes This year, major regulatory changes enacted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will affect farmers nationwide, specifically herbicide use for soybean and cotton producers. For 2025, dicamba herbicide...
by Adam Cletzer | Mar 26, 2025 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Better breeding ability would make catfish farming more efficient and profitable The $437 million U.S. catfish industry is in need of better genetic and breeding technologies to be competitive with foreign imports. Recently, Auburn scientists have made advances in...
by Paul Hollis | Mar 24, 2025 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, News, Research
Imagine a weed that can produce 600,000 seeds per plant and grow as much as 2.5 inches per day. Such a weed exists, and it’s not being grown somewhere in a secure lab — it’s widespread in the fields of Alabama farmers and throughout the United States. This “super”...
by Paul Hollis | Mar 20, 2025 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Feature, Research
Is growing a cover crop on Alabama farms a solution or a problem for growers in the state who are trying to prevent soil and water erosion losses? A grant funded through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station research program for the current fiscal year will...
