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...
by Kristen Bowman | Mar 20, 2025 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Effective July 1, 2025, Josh Lee will join Auburn University and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System as an extension specialist for cotton. His responsibilities will include in-service training for extension agents, conveying information about new developments...
by Kristen Bowman | Mar 11, 2025 | Feature
As the College of Agriculture at Auburn University celebrated 150 years in 2022, it also announced plans to renovate its administrative building, Comer Hall. Last November, the Board of Trustees approved a comprehensive renovation of the building, including project...
by aew0025 | Feb 23, 2025 | Biosystems Engineering, News
Biosystems engineering researcher developing solutions with bioenergy recognized by SEC By Amy Weaver Sushil Adhikari had no intention of having a career in academia, let alone researching solutions to some of life’s challenges. “I just wanted to be an engineer and...
by Kristen Bowman | Feb 20, 2025 | Feature, News
Forum to be held 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 21 Auburn University faculty researchers from the Colleges of Agriculture, Sciences and Mathematics, and Engineering seek to advance innovations in agriculture and natural resources. Together, they are hosting a...
by Josh Woods | Feb 11, 2025 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature, Research
Sushil Adhikari will serve as the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s interim associate dean for research and interim associate director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, effective Feb. 16. He replaces Arthur Appel, who stepped into the role of...
by Kristen Bowman | Feb 7, 2025 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature, Horticulture
Children’s garden, new Auburn University Bee Center approved Two transformational projects for the Auburn University College of Agriculture were approved by the Board of Trustees at its meeting on Friday, Feb. 7. First, the board approved phase one of a new children’s...
by Adam Cletzer | Feb 6, 2025 | Poultry Science, Research
Each year, the Alabama poultry industry produces two fully loaded Nimitz-class aircraft carriers’ worth of poultry litter, or about 3.6 billion pounds. Poultry litter is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and much of the waste product is applied to farmland as a...
by Kristen Bowman | Feb 4, 2025 | Animal Sciences, Feature
Mallory Beck, academic advisor for the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences, recently received two awards recognizing her excellence in her profession. Beck received the Outstanding New Advisor Award from the Provost’s Office’s 2025...
by Paul Hollis | Jan 29, 2025 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, News
Auburn University researchers and Alabama Extension specialists are taking their expertise from labs and small experimental plots to Alabama farmers’ fields with a $4 million grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The grant aims to increase...
