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Auburn faculty redefining possibilities for use of biochar products in farming
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...
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station purchases property in Autaugaville
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...
Tian awarded NOAA grant for improving U.S. precipitation observations using AI
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...
The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station celebrates 140 years
“Agricultural experiments will be carried on in connection with the college farm and garden to such an extent as may be necessary for the requirement of instruction,...
Auburn project part of $16.2 million innovative plant breeding effort
An Auburn University researcher’s project is part of a $16.2 million U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) effort to...
Auburn scientists developing food pathogen detection system
A simple, economical tool that could be used to detect and identify harmful bacteria on food products in minutes instead of days and could significantly reduce the incidence of foodborne illnesses in the U.S. and beyond is in the works in biochemist Jacek Wower’s...
Auburn study zeroes in on salmonella in ground poultry
Auburn University graduate student Elle Chadwick, under the direction of Ken Macklin, is studying antibiotic-resistant salmonella serotypes that are known to cause foodborne infections in humans. If the two-year salmonella study launched by Auburn University poultry...
Auburn scientists find tar balls are better left alone
The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the waves of tar balls deposited on the beaches shortly thereafter prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce a tar ball fact sheet. Among the factoids was one stating...
Auburn scientists explore how bird flu virus enters poultry farms
Auburn University researchers are helping poultry producers combat a massive and costly outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Auburn University poultry scientists Joe Giambrone and Ken Macklin are using funding from the U.S. egg industry to investigate how...
Auburn scientists use laying hens to study fibroid tumors
An estimated 70 percent of women in the U.S. develop fibroid tumors in the uterus by age 50, and while the noncancerous tumors cause no symptoms for the majority of those women, they make life miserable for tens of thousands of others. Within his own family, Wallace...
Ensuring the safety of locally produced foods
Animal sciences assistant professor Christy Bratcher and a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Auburn and Tuskegee universities are working on a multi-year, $4.8 million grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to help ensure the safety of...
Specialty crops to boost rural economies
Developing new specialty crops like grapes is one way of growing and revitalizing rural areas of Alabama. Elina Coneva, an associate professor in Auburn University’s Department of Horticulture, dreams of making the grape a profitable specialty crop for Alabama...
Southeast Climate Extension project recognized for helping farmers
The Southeast Climate Extension project, a large-scale partnership of six universities across the Southeast, was recently awarded the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Partnership Award for Multistate Efforts. Brenda Ortiz, an associate professor in Auburn...
Climate impacts measured in production agriculture
Brenda Ortiz is researching the impact of weather and climate on agriculture, particularly grain crops like wheat and soybeans.
Scientists measure horticulture industry’s environmental footprint
Concerns over agriculture's impact on global environmental change have prompted extensive research aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon sequestration in row-crop, forest and livestock production systems, but a study underway at Auburn...
Helping farmers slow the spread of herbicide-resistant weeds
Discipline and a pro-active attitude are requirements if farmers hope to slow the spread of herbicide-resistant weeds on Alabama cropland. That’s the message being carried by Auburn’s team of researchers and Extension specialists who are traveling to communities...
Sustaining our natural environment
More than 30 unique AAES studies are addressing issues of environmental quality and sustainability.
Conservation management helps sustain natural resources
The relationship between environmental sustainability and Alabama’s production agriculture sector is the focus of work being led by College of Agriculture faculty member and AAES researcher Julie Howe. Along with team partners in Georgia and Florida, Howe is examining...
AU Victory: New bentgrass release promises improved putting greens
by PAUL HOLLIS “AU Victory” is no longer simply the wish of every Auburn University sports fan. It’s also the name of a new bentgrass variety that promises improved putting greens for golfers. The new variety—the first bentgrass released by the university’s turfgrass...
Wheat growers need to stay vigilant with Hessian fly
by PAUL HOLLIS Climate predictions for the upcoming fall and winter months indicate that Alabama wheat producers will have fewer problems this season with the Hessian fly, but now’s not the time to completely let down your guard. Results of studies have shown that...
El Niño adds sense of urgency to fall harvest season
by PAUL HOLLIS AUBURN, Ala.—One of the strongest El Niño climate phases in decades has been building during the past several months, and it could make for a tricky fall harvest season in Alabama and throughout the lower Southeast. Producers who are readying...
Chen honored for work in International Peanut Genome Project
Charles Chen, associate professor and peanut breeder in Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been recognized by the International Peanut Genome Initiative for his contributions to ongoing efforts to establish links between...
Auburn scientists explore how bird flu virus enters poultry farms
Auburn University poultry scientists Joe Giambrone and Ken Macklin are using funding from the U.S. egg industry to investigate how the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has decimated poultry populations in the Midwest in the past nine months, spreads to...
Srivastava new head of Auburn's Water Resources Center
Puneet Srivastava, an ecological engineering professor in Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering and the Butler-Cunningham Eminent Scholar on Agriculture and the Environment in the College of Agriculture, has taken the reins of the interdisciplinary...
Appel named interim dean for the College of Agriculture and interim director for AAES
Auburn University professor, researcher, former department chair, interim associate dean for research and interim assistant director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) Arthur Appel has been named interim dean for College of Agriculture and interim...
Auburn aquatic scientist teams with environmentalist in new book
AUBURN, Ala.—Claude Boyd, veteran professor in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, has a new book out. It is the eighth that the internationally recognized aquatic scientist and water-quality expert has authored, co-authored or...
Auburn scientists developing food pathogen detection system
A simple, economical tool that could be used to detect and identify harmful bacteria on food products in minutes instead of days and could significantly reduce the incidence of foodborne illnesses in the U.S. and beyond is in the works in biochemist Jacek Wower’s...
Auburn study zeroes in on salmonella in ground poultry
Auburn University graduate student Elle Chadwick, under the direction of Ken Macklin, is studying antibiotic-resistant salmonella serotypes that are known to cause foodborne infections in humans. If the two-year salmonella study launched by Auburn University poultry...
Auburn scientists find tar balls are better left alone
The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the waves of tar balls deposited on the beaches shortly thereafter prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce a tar ball fact sheet. Among the factoids was one stating...
Auburn scientists explore how bird flu virus enters poultry farms
Auburn University researchers are helping poultry producers combat a massive and costly outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Auburn University poultry scientists Joe Giambrone and Ken Macklin are using funding from the U.S. egg industry to investigate how...
Auburn scientists use laying hens to study fibroid tumors
An estimated 70 percent of women in the U.S. develop fibroid tumors in the uterus by age 50, and while the noncancerous tumors cause no symptoms for the majority of those women, they make life miserable for tens of thousands of others. Within his own family, Wallace...
Ensuring the safety of locally produced foods
Animal sciences assistant professor Christy Bratcher and a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Auburn and Tuskegee universities are working on a multi-year, $4.8 million grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to help ensure the safety of...
Specialty crops to boost rural economies
Developing new specialty crops like grapes is one way of growing and revitalizing rural areas of Alabama. Elina Coneva, an associate professor in Auburn University’s Department of Horticulture, dreams of making the grape a profitable specialty crop for Alabama...
Southeast Climate Extension project recognized for helping farmers
The Southeast Climate Extension project, a large-scale partnership of six universities across the Southeast, was recently awarded the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Partnership Award for Multistate Efforts. Brenda Ortiz, an associate professor in Auburn...
Climate impacts measured in production agriculture
Brenda Ortiz is researching the impact of weather and climate on agriculture, particularly grain crops like wheat and soybeans.
Scientists measure horticulture industry’s environmental footprint
Concerns over agriculture's impact on global environmental change have prompted extensive research aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon sequestration in row-crop, forest and livestock production systems, but a study underway at Auburn...
Helping farmers slow the spread of herbicide-resistant weeds
Discipline and a pro-active attitude are requirements if farmers hope to slow the spread of herbicide-resistant weeds on Alabama cropland. That’s the message being carried by Auburn’s team of researchers and Extension specialists who are traveling to communities...
Sustaining our natural environment
More than 30 unique AAES studies are addressing issues of environmental quality and sustainability.
Conservation management helps sustain natural resources
The relationship between environmental sustainability and Alabama’s production agriculture sector is the focus of work being led by College of Agriculture faculty member and AAES researcher Julie Howe. Along with team partners in Georgia and Florida, Howe is examining...
AU Victory: New bentgrass release promises improved putting greens
by PAUL HOLLIS “AU Victory” is no longer simply the wish of every Auburn University sports fan. It’s also the name of a new bentgrass variety that promises improved putting greens for golfers. The new variety—the first bentgrass released by the university’s turfgrass...
Wheat growers need to stay vigilant with Hessian fly
by PAUL HOLLIS Climate predictions for the upcoming fall and winter months indicate that Alabama wheat producers will have fewer problems this season with the Hessian fly, but now’s not the time to completely let down your guard. Results of studies have shown that...
El Niño adds sense of urgency to fall harvest season
by PAUL HOLLIS AUBURN, Ala.—One of the strongest El Niño climate phases in decades has been building during the past several months, and it could make for a tricky fall harvest season in Alabama and throughout the lower Southeast. Producers who are readying...
Chen honored for work in International Peanut Genome Project
Charles Chen, associate professor and peanut breeder in Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been recognized by the International Peanut Genome Initiative for his contributions to ongoing efforts to establish links between...
Auburn scientists explore how bird flu virus enters poultry farms
Auburn University poultry scientists Joe Giambrone and Ken Macklin are using funding from the U.S. egg industry to investigate how the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has decimated poultry populations in the Midwest in the past nine months, spreads to...
Srivastava new head of Auburn's Water Resources Center
Puneet Srivastava, an ecological engineering professor in Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering and the Butler-Cunningham Eminent Scholar on Agriculture and the Environment in the College of Agriculture, has taken the reins of the interdisciplinary...
Appel named interim dean for the College of Agriculture and interim director for AAES
Auburn University professor, researcher, former department chair, interim associate dean for research and interim assistant director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) Arthur Appel has been named interim dean for College of Agriculture and interim...
Auburn aquatic scientist teams with environmentalist in new book
AUBURN, Ala.—Claude Boyd, veteran professor in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, has a new book out. It is the eighth that the internationally recognized aquatic scientist and water-quality expert has authored, co-authored or...