The average broiler chicken lives 6–8 weeks and spends much of that...
Departments Articles
Latest
Johnston, Touchette receive summer 2024 graduation honors
Two soon-to-be alumni of the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology received the highest honors the college can bestow upon graduates ahead of commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Aug. 3. Angela Touchette...
Auburn works to bring bold breakthroughs in blueberry research
Blueberries, a superfood rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and essential nutrients, are widely celebrated during July for National Blueberry Month. Recognizing the potential within these small yet mighty fruits, researchers at Auburn University work to promote the...
Auburn scientists begin project to build robot to help ornamental plant growers
An AI-powered robot will be able to inventory thousands of plants while also collecting data on plant growth, pests and diseases.
Sustainable beef production system could improve profitability
Sometimes, one Auburn University researcher says, it makes sense to increase input costs in one part of the system if it means costs are decreased somewhere else or the profit margin of the system is increased.
Maity awarded $300,000 in support of plant research and agricultural production systems
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) recently awarded Aniruddha Maity a $300,000 grant to….
Mohit Anand
Chairperson, Division of Business and Accounting at Miles College in Birmingham, AL
Animal sciences lecturer wins national academic advising award
Carolyn Huntington, lecturer and undergraduate program officer in the Department of Animal Sciences, has won the 2019 Outstanding Advising Award in the faculty advisor category from the National Academic Advising Association, or NACADA.
Auburn turf management major recounts super week at Super Bowl
Auburn turf management major recounts super week at Super Bowl
College of Ag wins four 2019 Spirit of Sustainability Awards
Auburn Agriculture faculty, staff, students win 2019 sustainability awards
Hartarska, international collaborators pen winning paper
A scientific paper that Auburn Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Alumni Professor Valentina Hartarska co-authored has won the Association for Social Economics’ 2019 Warren Samuels Prize. The society presents the award annually to a high-quality...
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology professor awarded prize by Association of Social Economics
Valentina Hartarska, an alumni professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, was recently awarded the Warren Samuels Prize for Outstanding Research by the Association for Social Economics.
Phi Kappa Phi chapter honors Ag Hill junior
Brooke Johnson, an Auburn University junior majoring in environmental science, has received the 2019 Susan Stacy Entrenkin Yates Scholastic Achievement Award from the Auburn chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The Yates Award is presented annually to...
Environmental science student recognized by honor society
Brooke Johnson, a junior in environmental science, was recently awarded the 2019 Susan Stacy Entrenkin Yates Scholastic Achievement Award by the honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
Auburn researchers working to sustainably expand irrigation
Auburn researchers are working to expand irrigation on farms throughout Alabama in a way that benefits agriculture and conserves natural resources.
USDA under secretary to help celebrate Auburn's new Miller Center April 10
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey will visit Auburn University April 10 as the university cuts the ribbon for its newest facility, an administrative and classroom building at its Miller Poultry Research...
Auburn College of Agriculture salutes alumni of the year
PHOTO: The Auburn University College of Agriculture's 2019 Alumni Award recipients included, from left, Bryan Word, Shannon Weaver, Mike Leonard, Alice McLaughlin, Dr. Calvin Johnson, Annette Bitto, John Woodruff and Johnny Grace. Eight successful professionals who...
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...
CSES grad student wins Ph.D. oral presentation competition
Frances Browne, a graduate student in Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences at Auburn University, won first place in the Weed Science Society of America’s Ph.D. oral presentation competition during the society’s recent annual meeting in New Orleans.
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...
Mohit Anand
Chairperson, Division of Business and Accounting at Miles College in Birmingham, AL
Animal sciences lecturer wins national academic advising award
Carolyn Huntington, lecturer and undergraduate program officer in the Department of Animal Sciences, has won the 2019 Outstanding Advising Award in the faculty advisor category from the National Academic Advising Association, or NACADA.
Auburn turf management major recounts super week at Super Bowl
Auburn turf management major recounts super week at Super Bowl
College of Ag wins four 2019 Spirit of Sustainability Awards
Auburn Agriculture faculty, staff, students win 2019 sustainability awards
Hartarska, international collaborators pen winning paper
A scientific paper that Auburn Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Alumni Professor Valentina Hartarska co-authored has won the Association for Social Economics’ 2019 Warren Samuels Prize. The society presents the award annually to a high-quality...
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology professor awarded prize by Association of Social Economics
Valentina Hartarska, an alumni professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, was recently awarded the Warren Samuels Prize for Outstanding Research by the Association for Social Economics.
Phi Kappa Phi chapter honors Ag Hill junior
Brooke Johnson, an Auburn University junior majoring in environmental science, has received the 2019 Susan Stacy Entrenkin Yates Scholastic Achievement Award from the Auburn chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The Yates Award is presented annually to...
Environmental science student recognized by honor society
Brooke Johnson, a junior in environmental science, was recently awarded the 2019 Susan Stacy Entrenkin Yates Scholastic Achievement Award by the honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
Auburn researchers working to sustainably expand irrigation
Auburn researchers are working to expand irrigation on farms throughout Alabama in a way that benefits agriculture and conserves natural resources.
USDA under secretary to help celebrate Auburn's new Miller Center April 10
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey will visit Auburn University April 10 as the university cuts the ribbon for its newest facility, an administrative and classroom building at its Miller Poultry Research...
Auburn College of Agriculture salutes alumni of the year
PHOTO: The Auburn University College of Agriculture's 2019 Alumni Award recipients included, from left, Bryan Word, Shannon Weaver, Mike Leonard, Alice McLaughlin, Dr. Calvin Johnson, Annette Bitto, John Woodruff and Johnny Grace. Eight successful professionals who...
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...
CSES grad student wins Ph.D. oral presentation competition
Frances Browne, a graduate student in Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences at Auburn University, won first place in the Weed Science Society of America’s Ph.D. oral presentation competition during the society’s recent annual meeting in New Orleans.
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...