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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 precipitation data over the United States. Tian is an associate professor in Auburn’s Department of Crop,...
French brings reimagined faculty position to life
New Professor of Practice for Youth Livestock Programs started June 2023 Sarah-Jane French is someone who believes everything happens for a reason. A new faculty member in the Department of Animal Science within the Auburn University College of Agriculture, she...
Horticulture faculty bring diverse skills to rooftop garden
By Taylor Edwards and Kristen Bowman What do you get when you combine horticulture and artistry? Take a stroll through the 4,400-square-foot garden atop the Tony and...
Hatchery scientists take on project to help U.S. largemouth bass producers
Research made possible by $650,000 USDA-NIFA grant By Adam Cletzer In the $1.5 billion U. S. aquaculture industry, largemouth bass production is a small fry. The fish’s...
Brodbeck family has Auburn, Guatemala, coffee in their blood
By Mike Jernigan If die-hard Auburn fans truly bleed orange and blue, then few families’ blood likely features more of the Tiger colors than the Brodbeck clan, whose...
Poultry’s future: Auburn opens newest addition to industry-leading research & education complex
One of the nation’s largest food industries will soon find its innovation hub in Alabama, thanks to Auburn University’s new Charles C. Miller Poultry Research and Education Center.
A sweet gift: Tiger Giving Day to support AU Bee Lab
The Auburn University Bee Lab has been tapped to receive 100 percent of the funds donated to the College of Agriculture on the university’s Tiger Giving Day, set for Feb. 21. The Bee Lab, which opened in 2016, researches potential causes of declining honey bee populations while training students and others in bee-keeping biology and management.
College expands undergrad options with new BATMan major
The College of Agriculture will introduce an undergraduate degree program in biological and agricultural technology management this fall semester, bringing to 14 the number of agriculture-related majors available to Auburn students.
Horticulture Club wins top honors at professional society’s regional meeting
The Auburn University Horticulture Club claimed the 2019 Outstanding Club Award during the Southern Region of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences’ 83rd annual meeting in Birmingham recently.
Auburn ag students finish first in global health competition
A six-member team of Auburn agriculture majors won first place in the university’s inaugural Global Health Case Competition in January and advanced to the 2019 statewide contest in March at the University of Alabama Birmingham.
Conner a panelist at Berlin ‘feed the world’ summit
Auburn’s Don Conner, College of Agriculture Department head and professor of Poultry Science, speaks during the 2019 AGCO Berlin Summit.
Amanda Stitt Moore
Amanda Stitt Moore is a development officer for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). In that capacity Amanda combines her passion for agriculture, higher education, and rural communities as she secures funding for ABAC, an institution that has a half a...
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 associate director of the research and outreach center since joining the Auburn faculty in 2015 and...
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.
Morey named recipient of FFAR’s New Innovator Award
A novel approach to improving food safety during the storage and transportation of raw poultry and seafood has earned Auburn poultry science assistant professor Amit Morey one of only nine New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Awards presented nationally in 2018.
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 fellows.
Auburn scientists track fish moves in Alabama River
For months now, an Auburn University research team has been keeping close tabs on roughly 250 tagged paddlefish and smallmouth buffalo in the Alabama River in an effort to learn more about how lock-and-dam systems on a waterway impact fish movement upstream and down.
John Canfield
John Canfield is a Ph.D. student in the Sociology program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2019, he received his M.S. in Rural Sociology at Auburn University, where his research focused on the financialization of farmland in rural Illinois. His advisor was...
Meet Jennie Hargrove
Jennie Hargrove is a Youth Program Specialist with the Iowa 4-H Youth Development Program. In her role, she provides program, volunteer, and professional supports to seven county 4-H programs in south central Iowa. Jennie completed her B.S. in Family and Consumer...
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 fellows. The 2018 fellows represent 125 research universities and governmental and nonprofit research...
Auburn College of Ag, AAES present 2018 faculty, staff awards
Nineteen Auburn College of Agriculture and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station faculty who collectively secured more than $11.8 million in research funding in the past fiscal year were among the 32 honorees in the college’s 2018 faculty and staff awards program in...
Auburn weed scientist, colleagues tackle troublesome turfgrass weed
A team of university scientists from across the U.S. is waging a nationwide offensive against a dastardly weed that the turfgrass industry in Alabama and beyond deems Enemy No. 1.
Wilson, Duke honored with USDA teaching excellence awards
An Auburn University associate professor and a department chair soon to join the Auburn family were honored in November by the USDA’s Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ annual meeting in New Orleans.
Super Bowl bound: AU turf management junior to train under legendary sports field groundskeepers
2019 already is shaping up to be a super year for Wilson Morgan — a super year that starts with a trip to the Super Bowl.
Aided by students, Auburn scientist probes ideal weight for woolly pigs
The hum of wet/dry vacuums mingles with pig grunts and squeals as Auburn University animal sciences pre-veterinarian junior Maegan Reeves approaches the pen of a curly-haired Mangalitsa pig and sticks a vacuum hose into the feed trough.
Ag, Veterinary Medicine team up to offer Horse U and Horse Course Dec. 1
Auburn University’s College of Agriculture and College of Veterinary Medicine are offering two educational programs for horse enthusiasts Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018.
Poultry’s future: Auburn opens newest addition to industry-leading research & education complex
One of the nation’s largest food industries will soon find its innovation hub in Alabama, thanks to Auburn University’s new Charles C. Miller Poultry Research and Education Center.
A sweet gift: Tiger Giving Day to support AU Bee Lab
The Auburn University Bee Lab has been tapped to receive 100 percent of the funds donated to the College of Agriculture on the university’s Tiger Giving Day, set for Feb. 21. The Bee Lab, which opened in 2016, researches potential causes of declining honey bee populations while training students and others in bee-keeping biology and management.
College expands undergrad options with new BATMan major
The College of Agriculture will introduce an undergraduate degree program in biological and agricultural technology management this fall semester, bringing to 14 the number of agriculture-related majors available to Auburn students.
Horticulture Club wins top honors at professional society’s regional meeting
The Auburn University Horticulture Club claimed the 2019 Outstanding Club Award during the Southern Region of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences’ 83rd annual meeting in Birmingham recently.
Auburn ag students finish first in global health competition
A six-member team of Auburn agriculture majors won first place in the university’s inaugural Global Health Case Competition in January and advanced to the 2019 statewide contest in March at the University of Alabama Birmingham.
Conner a panelist at Berlin ‘feed the world’ summit
Auburn’s Don Conner, College of Agriculture Department head and professor of Poultry Science, speaks during the 2019 AGCO Berlin Summit.
Amanda Stitt Moore
Amanda Stitt Moore is a development officer for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). In that capacity Amanda combines her passion for agriculture, higher education, and rural communities as she secures funding for ABAC, an institution that has a half a...
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 associate director of the research and outreach center since joining the Auburn faculty in 2015 and...
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.
Morey named recipient of FFAR’s New Innovator Award
A novel approach to improving food safety during the storage and transportation of raw poultry and seafood has earned Auburn poultry science assistant professor Amit Morey one of only nine New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Awards presented nationally in 2018.
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 fellows.
Auburn scientists track fish moves in Alabama River
For months now, an Auburn University research team has been keeping close tabs on roughly 250 tagged paddlefish and smallmouth buffalo in the Alabama River in an effort to learn more about how lock-and-dam systems on a waterway impact fish movement upstream and down.
John Canfield
John Canfield is a Ph.D. student in the Sociology program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2019, he received his M.S. in Rural Sociology at Auburn University, where his research focused on the financialization of farmland in rural Illinois. His advisor was...
Meet Jennie Hargrove
Jennie Hargrove is a Youth Program Specialist with the Iowa 4-H Youth Development Program. In her role, she provides program, volunteer, and professional supports to seven county 4-H programs in south central Iowa. Jennie completed her B.S. in Family and Consumer...
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 fellows. The 2018 fellows represent 125 research universities and governmental and nonprofit research...
Auburn College of Ag, AAES present 2018 faculty, staff awards
Nineteen Auburn College of Agriculture and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station faculty who collectively secured more than $11.8 million in research funding in the past fiscal year were among the 32 honorees in the college’s 2018 faculty and staff awards program in...
Auburn weed scientist, colleagues tackle troublesome turfgrass weed
A team of university scientists from across the U.S. is waging a nationwide offensive against a dastardly weed that the turfgrass industry in Alabama and beyond deems Enemy No. 1.
Wilson, Duke honored with USDA teaching excellence awards
An Auburn University associate professor and a department chair soon to join the Auburn family were honored in November by the USDA’s Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ annual meeting in New Orleans.
Super Bowl bound: AU turf management junior to train under legendary sports field groundskeepers
2019 already is shaping up to be a super year for Wilson Morgan — a super year that starts with a trip to the Super Bowl.
Aided by students, Auburn scientist probes ideal weight for woolly pigs
The hum of wet/dry vacuums mingles with pig grunts and squeals as Auburn University animal sciences pre-veterinarian junior Maegan Reeves approaches the pen of a curly-haired Mangalitsa pig and sticks a vacuum hose into the feed trough.
Ag, Veterinary Medicine team up to offer Horse U and Horse Course Dec. 1
Auburn University’s College of Agriculture and College of Veterinary Medicine are offering two educational programs for horse enthusiasts Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018.