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Researchers study potential savings from reducing time on feed for weaned pigs
Research made possible by $300,000 USDA-NIFA grant The scale of pork production in the U. S. is such that reducing the average pig’s time on feed by just one day can put $76 million back into pork producers’ pockets. Animal scientists at Auburn University are...
Networking in action: poultry science students explore Aviagen’s research center
Networking with industry professionals is a crucial step to success for any undergraduate student. It is especially important for students studying poultry science at Auburn University, as the broiler industry is Alabama’s top agricultural commodity. Making...
Measuring the impact of natural light on chicken production
The average broiler chicken lives 6–8 weeks and spends much of that time indoors, but researchers at Auburn University are investigating the use of natural light in...
Bullard, Brantley named Alumni Professors
Two College of Agriculture faculty members were announced among Auburn University’s five 2024 Alumni Professors Sept. 20. Eve Brantley, a professor and associate...
New short corn not ‘as high as an elephant’s eye’
The line from the classic musical “Oklahoma” that refers to corn being “as high as an elephant’s eye” would not apply to some of the new hybrids becoming available to...
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.
’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.
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.
’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.