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U.S. Beekeeping Survey reveals highest honey bee colony losses during 2024-2025
The annual U.S. Beekeeping Survey results are in for the 2024-2025 calendar year. In collaboration with Auburn University, the Apiary Inspectors of America, Oregon State University and others, the national survey estimated that 55.6% of managed honey bee colonies were...
Understudied cotton is the focus of Auburn University research on seedling diseases
Cotton is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable plants in the world, with its heart-shaped leaves and branches that explode into powder-white fruit. But it’s also one of the more understudied field crops. “Previously, it was unclear where and which specific...
Going Green: Blersch’s lab addresses crucial environmental work
By Amy Weaver Contrary to what the name might suggest, the work currently happening in the Green Infrastructure Lab at Auburn has nothing to do with green-colored roads...
Three students receive presidential awards
Three students in the College of Agriculture recently received distinguished honors from the Auburn University President’s Office. Savannah Busby received the...
Taylor named head of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Following a national search, Mykel Taylor was named head of the Auburn University Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, effective April 15. She had...
Biosystems engineering represented well at ASABE international meeting
Biosystems engineering represented well at ASABE international meeting
Beneficial bacteria eyed as alternative to nitrogen on bermudagrass hay
Auburn University researchers are examining the use of beneficial bacteria as an alternative to nitrogen on bermuda grass hay.
Horticulture department hosts workshop for Alabama agriscience teachers
Horticulture department hosts workshop for Alabama agriscience teachers at Auburn
Auburn researcher working to improve cattle fertility
Fernando Biase, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences, is leading a project that will create a basis of knowledge allowing for the development of strategies to improve fertility in beef cattle.
Survey: U.S. beekeepers report record rate of colony loss over 2018-19 winter
Beekeepers across the U.S. lost 40.7% of their managed honey bee colonies from April 1, 2018, to April 1, 2019, and experienced the highest rate of winter loss in 13 years, preliminary results of the annual nationwide colony loss survey show.
Survey endorses local branding of Alabama specialty crops
Would you be more willing to buy a bag of sweet potatoes, basket of peaches or a jar of honey if you knew from the label that it was grown in Alabama?
Auburn ag economists discuss floods, U.S. corn crop
Henry Kinnucan and Brittney Goodrich, agricultural economists in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, comment on the heavy rain and floods affecting U.S. corn farmers, especially in the Midwest, who face delayed planting. Consumers also face rising grocery and...
Ag economists discuss U.S. corn crop
Henry Kinnucan and Brittney Goodrich, agricultural economists in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, comment on the heavy rain and floods affecting U.S. corn farmers, especially in the Midwest, who face delayed planting. Consumers also face rising grocery and ethanol prices as a result of the delayed planting.
A fertile imagination: abundant creative energy fuels medical entomologist’s passions for advanced biotechnology fantasy art
“The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?”—Seneca, first-century Roman Stoic philosopher
Pilgrim’s Classroom honors company for $500,000 Miller Poultry Center gift
A teaching space inside the flagship building at Auburn University’s Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center is now the Pilgrim’s Education Classroom. The university’s Board of Trustees approved the designation at its June 7 meeting in Auburn in...
College of Ag faculty member, advisor win AU Parents’ Association awards
Matthew Waters, assistant professor in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, and Liz Smith, academic advisor in the same department, are the respective winners of the Auburn University Parents’ Association 2018-19 Faculty and Staff Awards.
Board OKs classroom name following Pilgrim’s $500,000 Miller Poultry Center gift
Pilgrim’s makes $500,000 gift to Auburn’s Miller Poultry Research and Education Center
Tyson Foods, Auburn University partner to build first stand-alone solar-powered poultry house
Tyson Foods, Auburn University partner to build first stand-alone solar-powered poultry house
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.
Biosystems engineering represented well at ASABE international meeting
Biosystems engineering represented well at ASABE international meeting
Beneficial bacteria eyed as alternative to nitrogen on bermudagrass hay
Auburn University researchers are examining the use of beneficial bacteria as an alternative to nitrogen on bermuda grass hay.
Horticulture department hosts workshop for Alabama agriscience teachers
Horticulture department hosts workshop for Alabama agriscience teachers at Auburn
Auburn researcher working to improve cattle fertility
Fernando Biase, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences, is leading a project that will create a basis of knowledge allowing for the development of strategies to improve fertility in beef cattle.
Survey: U.S. beekeepers report record rate of colony loss over 2018-19 winter
Beekeepers across the U.S. lost 40.7% of their managed honey bee colonies from April 1, 2018, to April 1, 2019, and experienced the highest rate of winter loss in 13 years, preliminary results of the annual nationwide colony loss survey show.
Survey endorses local branding of Alabama specialty crops
Would you be more willing to buy a bag of sweet potatoes, basket of peaches or a jar of honey if you knew from the label that it was grown in Alabama?
Auburn ag economists discuss floods, U.S. corn crop
Henry Kinnucan and Brittney Goodrich, agricultural economists in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, comment on the heavy rain and floods affecting U.S. corn farmers, especially in the Midwest, who face delayed planting. Consumers also face rising grocery and...
Ag economists discuss U.S. corn crop
Henry Kinnucan and Brittney Goodrich, agricultural economists in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, comment on the heavy rain and floods affecting U.S. corn farmers, especially in the Midwest, who face delayed planting. Consumers also face rising grocery and ethanol prices as a result of the delayed planting.
A fertile imagination: abundant creative energy fuels medical entomologist’s passions for advanced biotechnology fantasy art
“The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?”—Seneca, first-century Roman Stoic philosopher
Pilgrim’s Classroom honors company for $500,000 Miller Poultry Center gift
A teaching space inside the flagship building at Auburn University’s Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center is now the Pilgrim’s Education Classroom. The university’s Board of Trustees approved the designation at its June 7 meeting in Auburn in...
College of Ag faculty member, advisor win AU Parents’ Association awards
Matthew Waters, assistant professor in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, and Liz Smith, academic advisor in the same department, are the respective winners of the Auburn University Parents’ Association 2018-19 Faculty and Staff Awards.
Board OKs classroom name following Pilgrim’s $500,000 Miller Poultry Center gift
Pilgrim’s makes $500,000 gift to Auburn’s Miller Poultry Research and Education Center
Tyson Foods, Auburn University partner to build first stand-alone solar-powered poultry house
Tyson Foods, Auburn University partner to build first stand-alone solar-powered poultry house
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.