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Auburn fisheries to host expo, field day April 6 at Shell Center
Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host a Fisheries Expo and Field Day Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center, located at 2101 N. College St. in Auburn. In addition to activities for people of...
Auburn provost announces faculty promotions
Several College of Agriculture faculty members have been awarded promotion, tenure or both, effective fall semester 2019, Auburn Provost Bill Hardgrave has announced. Seven of those individuals will begin the 2019-20 academic year as full professors. They include Eve...
Davis to lead Auburn’s National Poultry Technology Center
Auburn University biosystems engineer Jeremiah Davis has assumed duties as director of the Auburn-based National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC. Davis had served as...
Davis named director of Auburn’s National Poultry Technology Center
Auburn University biosystems engineer Jeremiah Davis has assumed duties as director of the Auburn-based National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC.
Auburn's Kloepper named Academy of Inventors fellow
The National Academy of Inventors, or NAI, has named Joseph Kloepper, Alumni Professor of plant pathology in Auburn’s College of Agriculture, as one of its 2018...
Auburn grape study good news for state vineyards, wineries
An Auburn horticulture professor’s research aims to boost Alabama’s wine industry by stamping out disease.
Third annual Ag Discovery Adventure offers drone demos and more
AUBURN, Ala. —Drones may be controversial for use in military and national security matters, but the unmanned aerial vehicles are poised to revolutionize agriculture, and those who attend the 2014 Ag Discovery Adventure Saturday, Sept. 13, at Auburn University’s E.V....
Partnership with alumnus benefits Auburn precision agriculture program
Auburn researchers will be plowing on the cutting edge thanks to a special deal brought about by alumnus and long-time supporter Donnie Sanders.
AAES scientist looks to loblolly pines as future renewable fuel source
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON In a nondescript building on the Auburn University campus, an Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researcher is transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary in a study that could have huge implications here at home and around the...
Taking on tumors
Auburn scientists use laying hens to study uterine fibroids by JAMIE CREAMER 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...
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 is in the works.
Auburn researcher turning pine trees into gasoline
Through a process known as gasification, Sushil Adhikari is converting pine trees into a gas that can be used to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
Mask named to new role as Auburn ag, Extension liaison
AUBURN, Ala.—Paul Mask, a 31-year veteran of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, has been named assistant director for agriculture, forestry and natural resources programs and assistant dean for Extension at Auburn University, effective, Jan. 1, 2014, College of...
Auburn College of Ag, AAES honor top faculty, staff for 2013
AUBURN, Ala.—Fifteen Auburn University College of Agriculture/Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who collectively brought in more than $5.84 million in extramural research funding in 2013 were among the more than two dozen faculty and staff members...
Auburn poultry scientists link enzyme level, green muscle disease
AUBURN, Ala.—After more than a decade of research into an increasingly common and costly broiler condition known as green muscle disease, a team of poultry scientists at Auburn University has identified a blood enzyme that could give breeders a noninvasive tool to...
Wearable computers could be boon to crop producers
AUBURN, Ala.—A wearable computer described as “a smartphone for your face” has the potential to help row-crop farmers operate more efficiently and profitably, two Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researchers at Auburn University say. Greg Pate and John Fulton...
Auburn scientists ID two native predators of exotic kudzu bugs
by JAMIE CREAMER Two key research breakthroughs at Auburn University over the summer could prove valuable weapons in the frustrating battle against the rapidly spreading, crop-destroying kudzu bug, and both are in the form of native insects that prey on the invasive...
2nd annual Ag Discovery Adventure Sept. 28 at E.V. Smith
AUBURN, Ala.—The public can get an up-close look at agriculture in the 21st century Saturday, Sept. 28, when the Auburn University College of Agriculture, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station present the second...
Auburn Food Systems Initiative earns institute status
AUBURN, Ala.—An Auburn University initiative established through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station in 2011 to promote interdisciplinary research aimed at improving the nation’s food system has achieved “institute” status. The Auburn University Food Systems...
Research reveals secret lives of mole crickets
AUBURN, Ala.—Research that Alabama Ag Experiment Station entomologist David Held is conducting in labs at Auburn is shedding new light on the secret lives of mole crickets, and his findings could eventually lead to improved strategies for controlling the costly pests....
Plant Science Research Center to host open house
AUBURN, Ala.—Greenhouse tours, a presentation on permeable pavements and hands-on activities will be part of the lineup when the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station’s Plant Science Research Center hosts an open house and rainwater-gardening class Tuesday, Oct. 30,...
York lecture to highlight land-grant mission, research successes
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University will begin its observances of the 150th anniversary of the nation’s land-grant college system Thursday, Oct. 11, when long-time agricultural researcher and administrator Gale Buchanan delivers the fall 2012 E.T. York Distinguished...
Consumers, meet agriculture at Ag Discovery Adventure
AUBURN, Ala.—The public can get a genuine feel for 21st-century agriculture on Saturday, Sept. 29, when the Auburn University College of Agriculture, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station present the first-ever “Ag...
Research strong basis for new irrigation tax credit legislation
AUBURN, Ala. — A bill the Alabama Legislature approved in May to provide tax incentives to farmers who adopt irrigation technology is expected ultimately to increase crop yields and quality, boost farm income, energize the state’s economy and create jobs, Auburn...
Save the date for Ag Discovery Adventure Sept. 29
AUBURN, Ala. — Mark your calendars now for Saturday, Sept. 29, when the College of Ag, the Alabama Ag Experiment Station and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System will co-host the first-ever “Ag Discovery Adventure: A Window to the Future” at E.V. Smith Research...
College students gain more than knowledge while pursuing degrees
AUBURN, Ala.—An Auburn University study that tracked changes in male and female college students’ weight, size, shape and body composition not just as freshmen but over the course of their four-year college careers indicates that students are heavier and, yes, fatter...
Auburn grape study good news for state vineyards, wineries
An Auburn horticulture professor’s research aims to boost Alabama’s wine industry by stamping out disease.
Third annual Ag Discovery Adventure offers drone demos and more
AUBURN, Ala. —Drones may be controversial for use in military and national security matters, but the unmanned aerial vehicles are poised to revolutionize agriculture, and those who attend the 2014 Ag Discovery Adventure Saturday, Sept. 13, at Auburn University’s E.V....
Partnership with alumnus benefits Auburn precision agriculture program
Auburn researchers will be plowing on the cutting edge thanks to a special deal brought about by alumnus and long-time supporter Donnie Sanders.
AAES scientist looks to loblolly pines as future renewable fuel source
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON In a nondescript building on the Auburn University campus, an Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researcher is transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary in a study that could have huge implications here at home and around the...
Taking on tumors
Auburn scientists use laying hens to study uterine fibroids by JAMIE CREAMER 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...
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 is in the works.
Auburn researcher turning pine trees into gasoline
Through a process known as gasification, Sushil Adhikari is converting pine trees into a gas that can be used to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
Mask named to new role as Auburn ag, Extension liaison
AUBURN, Ala.—Paul Mask, a 31-year veteran of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, has been named assistant director for agriculture, forestry and natural resources programs and assistant dean for Extension at Auburn University, effective, Jan. 1, 2014, College of...
Auburn College of Ag, AAES honor top faculty, staff for 2013
AUBURN, Ala.—Fifteen Auburn University College of Agriculture/Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who collectively brought in more than $5.84 million in extramural research funding in 2013 were among the more than two dozen faculty and staff members...
Auburn poultry scientists link enzyme level, green muscle disease
AUBURN, Ala.—After more than a decade of research into an increasingly common and costly broiler condition known as green muscle disease, a team of poultry scientists at Auburn University has identified a blood enzyme that could give breeders a noninvasive tool to...
Wearable computers could be boon to crop producers
AUBURN, Ala.—A wearable computer described as “a smartphone for your face” has the potential to help row-crop farmers operate more efficiently and profitably, two Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researchers at Auburn University say. Greg Pate and John Fulton...
Auburn scientists ID two native predators of exotic kudzu bugs
by JAMIE CREAMER Two key research breakthroughs at Auburn University over the summer could prove valuable weapons in the frustrating battle against the rapidly spreading, crop-destroying kudzu bug, and both are in the form of native insects that prey on the invasive...
2nd annual Ag Discovery Adventure Sept. 28 at E.V. Smith
AUBURN, Ala.—The public can get an up-close look at agriculture in the 21st century Saturday, Sept. 28, when the Auburn University College of Agriculture, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station present the second...
Auburn Food Systems Initiative earns institute status
AUBURN, Ala.—An Auburn University initiative established through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station in 2011 to promote interdisciplinary research aimed at improving the nation’s food system has achieved “institute” status. The Auburn University Food Systems...
Research reveals secret lives of mole crickets
AUBURN, Ala.—Research that Alabama Ag Experiment Station entomologist David Held is conducting in labs at Auburn is shedding new light on the secret lives of mole crickets, and his findings could eventually lead to improved strategies for controlling the costly pests....
Plant Science Research Center to host open house
AUBURN, Ala.—Greenhouse tours, a presentation on permeable pavements and hands-on activities will be part of the lineup when the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station’s Plant Science Research Center hosts an open house and rainwater-gardening class Tuesday, Oct. 30,...
York lecture to highlight land-grant mission, research successes
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University will begin its observances of the 150th anniversary of the nation’s land-grant college system Thursday, Oct. 11, when long-time agricultural researcher and administrator Gale Buchanan delivers the fall 2012 E.T. York Distinguished...
Consumers, meet agriculture at Ag Discovery Adventure
AUBURN, Ala.—The public can get a genuine feel for 21st-century agriculture on Saturday, Sept. 29, when the Auburn University College of Agriculture, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station present the first-ever “Ag...
Research strong basis for new irrigation tax credit legislation
AUBURN, Ala. — A bill the Alabama Legislature approved in May to provide tax incentives to farmers who adopt irrigation technology is expected ultimately to increase crop yields and quality, boost farm income, energize the state’s economy and create jobs, Auburn...
Save the date for Ag Discovery Adventure Sept. 29
AUBURN, Ala. — Mark your calendars now for Saturday, Sept. 29, when the College of Ag, the Alabama Ag Experiment Station and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System will co-host the first-ever “Ag Discovery Adventure: A Window to the Future” at E.V. Smith Research...
College students gain more than knowledge while pursuing degrees
AUBURN, Ala.—An Auburn University study that tracked changes in male and female college students’ weight, size, shape and body composition not just as freshmen but over the course of their four-year college careers indicates that students are heavier and, yes, fatter...