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Beckmann receives NSF CAREER Award

John Beckmann, assistant professor of medical-veterinary entomology and biotechnology in the Auburn University College of Agriculture, recently received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Presented by the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program, the...

Mahas part of first team to investigate Southern cotton leafroll dwarf virus management

Mahas part of first team to investigate Southern cotton leafroll dwarf virus management

As John Mahas prepared for a move to start postdoctoral research at Cornell University, he was still wrapping up research in the Auburn University lab where he earned his master’s and doctorate. It was here he focused his work on managing the emerging cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) and its vector, the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii. This research led to the publication of two peer-reviewed papers, one of which marked a first in the Southeastern United States.

Agriculture faculty, students receive recent awards

Several faculty and students in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University recently received national awards and recognitions. Read some highlights below. Beckmann receives NSF Career Award John Beckmann, assistant professor of medical-veterinary entomology and...
Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

The chief scientist for the nation’s efforts to solve global hunger and food insecurity will present a lecture, “The End of Hunger: from Vision to Reality,” in Auburn Thursday, March 31, at 4 p.m. in the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center...

Fasina named interim associate dean for research and assistant director in agriculture

AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University Alumni Professor and undergraduate program coordinator Oladiran Fasina has been named interim associate dean for research in the College of Agriculture and interim assistant director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

AAES high-yield initiative to consider economics, irrigation

Part 2by PAUL HOLLISWhile crops research being conducted by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) is attempting to attain high yields with maximum inputs, economics also are being considered, with an eye toward ensuring cost efficiency for farmers.“We...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

Cultivating agriculture's future

Alumni mentoring program gives grads an opportunity to influence individuals and the industry by MARY CATHERINE GASTON Ask folks who have interacted with Grace Smith Ellis, and they will tell you that the 2006 Auburn College of Agriculture grad has got it together....

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

Patterson named Auburn College of Agriculture dean, AAES director

AUBURN, Ala.— Auburn University alumnus Paul Patterson, who has served as associate dean for instruction in Auburn’s College of Agriculture for almost seven years, has been named dean of the college and director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station,...

Appel honored for scientific leadership

Auburn University entomologist Arthur Appel, who most recently served as interim dean of the College of Agriculture and interim director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, has been recognized as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

AAES research aims to replicate top crop yields

Part 1  by PAUL HOLLIS “How high can crop yields go? Researchers at Auburn University’s Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station intend to find out just that with a new initiative that aims to replicate the outstanding yields being achieved by some of the nation’s top...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

Alumni group to recognize leaders in Alabama agriculture

The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association will honor five individuals who have made significant contributions to the state’s agricultural industry during the 2016 Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor banquet, set for Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Auburn Marriott...

College, AAES announce 2015 faculty, staff award winners

The Auburn University College of Agriculture and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station have announced their 2015 Faculty and Staff Award recipients, all of whom will be formally honored in a college/AAES awards ceremony in February. Individual 2015 faculty awards...

Fall 2015 enrollment new record high

The final numbers are in, confirming that fall semester 2015 enrollment in the College of Agriculture hit an all-time high of 1,430 students. That total—which includes the most undergraduates ever, at 1,128, and a record 302 graduate students—is an increase of 75...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

With a passion

Kenya native helping others reach their potential by JAMIE CREAMER Please excuse the use of an overworked adjective, but there’s just no other way to describe Esther Ngumbi: The woman is passionate. She’s passionate about life, about giving back, about inspiring...

2015 Ag Roundup set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 3

The 36th Fall Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture, or Ag Roundup, will get underway at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Ag Heritage Park and run until 2 p.m., an hour before kickoff of the Auburn University–San Jose State homecoming football game.  Co-sponsored by...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

The chief scientist for the nation’s efforts to solve global hunger and food insecurity will present a lecture, “The End of Hunger: from Vision to Reality,” in Auburn Thursday, March 31, at 4 p.m. in the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center...

Fasina named interim associate dean for research and assistant director in agriculture

AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University Alumni Professor and undergraduate program coordinator Oladiran Fasina has been named interim associate dean for research in the College of Agriculture and interim assistant director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

AAES high-yield initiative to consider economics, irrigation

Part 2by PAUL HOLLISWhile crops research being conducted by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) is attempting to attain high yields with maximum inputs, economics also are being considered, with an eye toward ensuring cost efficiency for farmers.“We...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

Cultivating agriculture's future

Alumni mentoring program gives grads an opportunity to influence individuals and the industry by MARY CATHERINE GASTON Ask folks who have interacted with Grace Smith Ellis, and they will tell you that the 2006 Auburn College of Agriculture grad has got it together....

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

Patterson named Auburn College of Agriculture dean, AAES director

AUBURN, Ala.— Auburn University alumnus Paul Patterson, who has served as associate dean for instruction in Auburn’s College of Agriculture for almost seven years, has been named dean of the college and director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station,...

Appel honored for scientific leadership

Auburn University entomologist Arthur Appel, who most recently served as interim dean of the College of Agriculture and interim director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, has been recognized as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

AAES research aims to replicate top crop yields

Part 1  by PAUL HOLLIS “How high can crop yields go? Researchers at Auburn University’s Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station intend to find out just that with a new initiative that aims to replicate the outstanding yields being achieved by some of the nation’s top...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

Alumni group to recognize leaders in Alabama agriculture

The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association will honor five individuals who have made significant contributions to the state’s agricultural industry during the 2016 Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor banquet, set for Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Auburn Marriott...

College, AAES announce 2015 faculty, staff award winners

The Auburn University College of Agriculture and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station have announced their 2015 Faculty and Staff Award recipients, all of whom will be formally honored in a college/AAES awards ceremony in February. Individual 2015 faculty awards...

Fall 2015 enrollment new record high

The final numbers are in, confirming that fall semester 2015 enrollment in the College of Agriculture hit an all-time high of 1,430 students. That total—which includes the most undergraduates ever, at 1,128, and a record 302 graduate students—is an increase of 75...

Top scientist for nation's 'Feed the Future' to lecture March 31 in Auburn

With a passion

Kenya native helping others reach their potential by JAMIE CREAMER Please excuse the use of an overworked adjective, but there’s just no other way to describe Esther Ngumbi: The woman is passionate. She’s passionate about life, about giving back, about inspiring...

2015 Ag Roundup set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 3

The 36th Fall Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture, or Ag Roundup, will get underway at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Ag Heritage Park and run until 2 p.m., an hour before kickoff of the Auburn University–San Jose State homecoming football game.  Co-sponsored by...