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Auburn scientists begin project to build robot to help ornamental plant growers
Ornamental plant growers in Alabama feeling the squeeze of a competitive labor market may soon find help in an unexpected form. An AI-powered robot, currently in development at Auburn, will be able to inventory thousands of plants while also collecting data on plant...
Sustainable beef production system could improve profitability
When Brandon Smith discusses his research on sustainable beef production, he’s speaking not only as an assistant professor in the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences but also as someone who is intimately familiar with the needs of producers. “I come from a...
Endowed Professor Nannan Liu demonstrates excellence in research
A seasoned researcher and administrator in the Auburn University College of Agriculture and one of the top 2% of entomologists in the world got her start in the field because of the kindness of a neighbor.
$750K grant allows faculty to help rural Alabamians
Farmers often lament the land lost to suburban sprawl, but across the South, a land mass roughly the size of New Jersey is stuck in a legal limbo known as heirs’ property.
Agricultural grants boost research funding, equipment purchases
One of several grants offered through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) research program for the current fiscal year will allow for the continuation of groundbreaking research originally established at Auburn University that focuses on using beneficial bacteria for promoting plant growth, plant health, nutrient uptake and insect pest prevention.
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.
’98 Auburn CSES alumnus named Chinese university president
Zhaohu Li, an Auburn University College of Agriculture alumnus, has been named president of Huazhong Agricultural University, one of the top agricultural universities in China. The institution is located in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.
Fisheries’ DeVries, Dunham win 2018 faculty awards
Both professors in the College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, are among the Auburn University faculty members campuswide who have received prestigious honors as part of Auburn’s 2018 Faculty Awards program.
Auburn aquatic ecologist partners in $2 million war on blue-green algae
Auburn University aquatic ecologist Alan Wilson and a team of biological, molecular and environmental scientists from three other U.S. institutions are taking on toxic cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae or pond scum, in a five-year, $2 million National Science Foundation project.
AU trustees OK Miller Center’s final phases; processing plant first up
Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has cleared the way for completion of the multi-unit Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center on the north Auburn campus, beginning with construction of an 18,800-square-foot poultry processing plant on the 30-acre site.
Auburn University leads $2 million DOE project to maximize U.S. fuel economy
The project will create a bio-based fuel additive that can be blended with diesel fuel to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions.
Auburn fisheries to host aquaponics workshop Oct. 23-25
Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Business Institute will host a commercial aquaponics workshop
Auburn horticulture department helping educate and feed the community
The College of Agriculture’s Department of Horticulture is giving back to the community by helping educate Opelika elementary students on gardening practices and at the same time addressing food insecurity in impoverished Opelika communities.
UD ag economist to chair academic unit at Auburn
Joshua Duke, currently professor of applied economics and statistics at the University of Delaware, will join the Auburn University College of Agriculture on March 1, 2019, as Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology chair and professor. College of...
Auburn charts path for 21st century vision of U.S. aquaculture
Auburn University’s Aquaponics Working Group has a new vision for U.S. aquaculture, one that includes far more predictability and efficiency than today’s timeworn models of commercial fish production.
Duke named ag economics and rural sociology department chair, professor
Joshua Duke, currently professor of applied economics and statistics at the University of Delaware, will join the Auburn University College of Agriculture on March 1, 2019, as the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology chair and professor.
Auburn equestrian coach helping lead program to continued success
Ask Auburn Equestrian head coach Greg Williams what makes Jessica Braswell such a special associate head coach, and he has one answer: Passion.
Two in horticulture merit national awards
Mahnaz Kargar, a Department of Horticulture doctoral candidate working under the direction of professor Floyd Woods, won a second-place U.P. Hedrick Award during competition held as part of the American Pomological Society’s 2018 annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Rural sociology grad students win honors for M.S. theses
Auburn rural sociology graduate students Lindy Olive and James Patterson III claimed two of the three master’s thesis awards the Rural Sociological Society presented during its recent annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. As winners, the two received $2,000 cash awards.
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.
’98 Auburn CSES alumnus named Chinese university president
Zhaohu Li, an Auburn University College of Agriculture alumnus, has been named president of Huazhong Agricultural University, one of the top agricultural universities in China. The institution is located in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.
Fisheries’ DeVries, Dunham win 2018 faculty awards
Both professors in the College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, are among the Auburn University faculty members campuswide who have received prestigious honors as part of Auburn’s 2018 Faculty Awards program.
Auburn aquatic ecologist partners in $2 million war on blue-green algae
Auburn University aquatic ecologist Alan Wilson and a team of biological, molecular and environmental scientists from three other U.S. institutions are taking on toxic cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae or pond scum, in a five-year, $2 million National Science Foundation project.
AU trustees OK Miller Center’s final phases; processing plant first up
Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has cleared the way for completion of the multi-unit Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center on the north Auburn campus, beginning with construction of an 18,800-square-foot poultry processing plant on the 30-acre site.
Auburn University leads $2 million DOE project to maximize U.S. fuel economy
The project will create a bio-based fuel additive that can be blended with diesel fuel to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions.
Auburn fisheries to host aquaponics workshop Oct. 23-25
Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Business Institute will host a commercial aquaponics workshop
Auburn horticulture department helping educate and feed the community
The College of Agriculture’s Department of Horticulture is giving back to the community by helping educate Opelika elementary students on gardening practices and at the same time addressing food insecurity in impoverished Opelika communities.
UD ag economist to chair academic unit at Auburn
Joshua Duke, currently professor of applied economics and statistics at the University of Delaware, will join the Auburn University College of Agriculture on March 1, 2019, as Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology chair and professor. College of...
Auburn charts path for 21st century vision of U.S. aquaculture
Auburn University’s Aquaponics Working Group has a new vision for U.S. aquaculture, one that includes far more predictability and efficiency than today’s timeworn models of commercial fish production.
Duke named ag economics and rural sociology department chair, professor
Joshua Duke, currently professor of applied economics and statistics at the University of Delaware, will join the Auburn University College of Agriculture on March 1, 2019, as the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology chair and professor.
Auburn equestrian coach helping lead program to continued success
Ask Auburn Equestrian head coach Greg Williams what makes Jessica Braswell such a special associate head coach, and he has one answer: Passion.
Two in horticulture merit national awards
Mahnaz Kargar, a Department of Horticulture doctoral candidate working under the direction of professor Floyd Woods, won a second-place U.P. Hedrick Award during competition held as part of the American Pomological Society’s 2018 annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Rural sociology grad students win honors for M.S. theses
Auburn rural sociology graduate students Lindy Olive and James Patterson III claimed two of the three master’s thesis awards the Rural Sociological Society presented during its recent annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. As winners, the two received $2,000 cash awards.