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Applied biotechnology student receives prestigious internship
Auburn University College of Agriculture student Leah Johnson received a highly competitive collegiate internship with HudsonAlpha, a premier institute for biotechnology. She is the second student from the applied biotechnology major in the Department of Entomology...
Three students receive 2025 Comer Awards
Hosted by the College of Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Agriculture, this year’s Comer Awards were presented to three graduating Auburn University students. This prestigious tradition continues to honor the exceptional achievements of students by...
Beck earns two awards for academic advising excellence
Mallory Beck, academic advisor for the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences, recently received two awards recognizing her excellence...
$4 million grant takes efficient crop management practices to the farm
Auburn University researchers and Alabama Extension specialists are taking their expertise from labs and small experimental plots to Alabama farmers’ fields with a $4...
National survey indicates highest bee colony losses in 14 years
The annual U.S. Beekeeping Survey, designed and administered by Auburn University and Apiary Inspectors of America, indicates the highest colony losses since the...
Layne to lead Auburn's Department of Horticulture
AUBURN, Alabama—Desmond R. Layne, currently a horticulture professor and academic program director at Washington State University, has been named head of the Department of Horticulture at Auburn University following a nationwide search. He will assume the position...
Tiger Giving Day 2018 focus: quarter-scale tractor team
Auburn University’s quarter-scale tractor team, comprised of biosystems engineering students, will receive 100 percent of the funds donated to the College of Agriculture on Auburn’s Tiger Giving Day 2018, set for Wednesday, Feb. 21. The 24-hour, all-out fundraiser...
Bowen, McElroy college’s newest Alumni Professors
Only 16 of Auburn University’s 1,330 faculty members currently hold the prestigious title of Alumni Professor, and six of those 16 are in the College of Agriculture. As is often the case, the college boasts more Alumni Professors than any other college or school on...
College’s Auburn Ag Online distance ed program ranks 2nd among online degree programs
The Auburn College of Agriculture’s distance education program, Auburn Ag Online, has been ranked the second best online agriculture degree program in the nation by guidetoonlineschools.com.
Auburn research to help expand bioenergy markets
Auburn University researchers are hoping to reduce some of the risks and uncertainties of growing biomass crops with a project that focuses on the socioeconomic implications and public policy challenges of bioenergy market development and expansion. Biomass crops are...
Auburn’s Muntifering wins animal science society’s top award
The Southern Section of the American Society of Animal Science will recognize Auburn University professor Russ Muntifering for his outstanding service to the livestock industry over his 38-year career when it presents him its 2018 Distinguished Service Award at a...
James H. Patterson III
James H. Patterson III is the Geographical Information System (GIS) Analyst for the Department of Information Technology for Clayton County in Georgia. In this role, he manages all technical aspects of Geographical Information Systems for emergency services in the...
Lindy Olive
Lindy Olive is a research project coordinator at Northwestern University. She manages projects related to how women spend their time in a day (the 24-hour cycle) and outcomes for cardiovascular health. While at Auburn, she focused on local food systems, meal kits for...
Karl Galloway
Karl Galloway currently serves as the Cultural Resource Specialist for the Alabama Bicentennial Commission. In this capacity he promotes historical and cultural events throughout the state, and assists smaller municipalities in organizing their own celebrations. He...
Auburn’s Fields named agriculture dean at Arkansas
Deacue Fields, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology professor and chair at Auburn, has accepted a position as dean of the University of Arkansas’s Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and will assume that role in mid-May.
Auburn's Bowen cited as Penn State agriculture's top alum
Auburn University plant pathology professor Kira Bowen’s major scientific accomplishments in the field of plant disease epidemiology have earned her two of the Penn State University College of Agricultural Sciences’ highest honors: a 2017 Outstanding Alumni award and...
Auburn trustees OK new equine barn, final Miller Center phases
In actions that will strengthen two College of Agriculture academic and research programs, Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has cleared the way for construction to begin on a new, $2.9 million equine barn at the Auburn Horse Center on Wire Road and given the go-ahead for the final four phases of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center in north Auburn. The board approved both items at its November meeting in Auburn.
Wowers’ genetic research plays role in Nobel award
When Columbia University biophysicist Joachim Frank was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry this fall, Auburn University researchers Jacek and Iwona Wower did a high-five—figuratively, if not literally.
Auburn-developed vaccine could prevent costly catfish disease
Auburn researchers will use an almost $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a novel vaccine that would effectively and economically control one of the most serious bacterial infections in the aquaculture industry today.
Alabama’s McMichen Farm breaks 100-bushel soybean barrier
By Eddie McGriff McMichen Farm has become the first farm in Alabama to make and break the 100-bushel soybean barrier with just more than 102 bushels per acre. The Cherokee County farm—located near Centre in northeast Alabama—has been in the McMichen family since 1842....
Auburn-developed vaccine could help prevent costly catfish disease
By Paul Hollis Auburn researchers will use an almost $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a novel vaccine that would effectively and economically control one of the most serious bacterial infections in the aquaculture industry today. Columnaris...
Women in Poultry: Three young alumnae visit Auburn’s Poultry Science Club
By Ashley Wiskirchen In the midst of Auburn University’s “125 Years of Auburn Women” celebration, the Poultry Science Club hosted three successful young Department of Poultry Science alumnae who now work at Aviagen were back on campus in October. The three,...
Grape cultivars evaluated at Sand Mountain
By Elina Coneva In a long-term research project, 11 grape varieties tolerant to a dangerous disease threat were planted and evaluated for their suitability to Alabama environmental conditions. The Pierce’s disease-tolerant American and French-American hybrid bunch...
Defending against brown marmorated stink bugs
By Derek Herscovici Alabama is home to many pests, and as of 2010 it was introduced to a new one, Halyomorpha halys, a.k.a. the brown marmorated stink bug, or BMSB. Whenever a new species is introduced, this presents the opportunity for research; for entomology grad...
NRCS funds to demonstrate and promote best irrigation practices in Alabama
By Paul Hollis The latest numbers tell the irrigation story: In Alabama, only 15 percent of the land currently available for farming is irrigated, a far cry from Mississippi’s 61 percent of cropland and Georgia’s 40 percent. Over time, that lack of irrigation...
Cutts recognized as UGA outstanding alumni
Auburn agronomist Trey Cutts, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences assistant professor and extension cotton specialist, is one of seven University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences graduates that the college’s alumni...
Layne to lead Auburn's Department of Horticulture
AUBURN, Alabama—Desmond R. Layne, currently a horticulture professor and academic program director at Washington State University, has been named head of the Department of Horticulture at Auburn University following a nationwide search. He will assume the position...
Tiger Giving Day 2018 focus: quarter-scale tractor team
Auburn University’s quarter-scale tractor team, comprised of biosystems engineering students, will receive 100 percent of the funds donated to the College of Agriculture on Auburn’s Tiger Giving Day 2018, set for Wednesday, Feb. 21. The 24-hour, all-out fundraiser...
Bowen, McElroy college’s newest Alumni Professors
Only 16 of Auburn University’s 1,330 faculty members currently hold the prestigious title of Alumni Professor, and six of those 16 are in the College of Agriculture. As is often the case, the college boasts more Alumni Professors than any other college or school on...
College’s Auburn Ag Online distance ed program ranks 2nd among online degree programs
The Auburn College of Agriculture’s distance education program, Auburn Ag Online, has been ranked the second best online agriculture degree program in the nation by guidetoonlineschools.com.
Auburn research to help expand bioenergy markets
Auburn University researchers are hoping to reduce some of the risks and uncertainties of growing biomass crops with a project that focuses on the socioeconomic implications and public policy challenges of bioenergy market development and expansion. Biomass crops are...
Auburn’s Muntifering wins animal science society’s top award
The Southern Section of the American Society of Animal Science will recognize Auburn University professor Russ Muntifering for his outstanding service to the livestock industry over his 38-year career when it presents him its 2018 Distinguished Service Award at a...
James H. Patterson III
James H. Patterson III is the Geographical Information System (GIS) Analyst for the Department of Information Technology for Clayton County in Georgia. In this role, he manages all technical aspects of Geographical Information Systems for emergency services in the...
Lindy Olive
Lindy Olive is a research project coordinator at Northwestern University. She manages projects related to how women spend their time in a day (the 24-hour cycle) and outcomes for cardiovascular health. While at Auburn, she focused on local food systems, meal kits for...
Karl Galloway
Karl Galloway currently serves as the Cultural Resource Specialist for the Alabama Bicentennial Commission. In this capacity he promotes historical and cultural events throughout the state, and assists smaller municipalities in organizing their own celebrations. He...
Auburn’s Fields named agriculture dean at Arkansas
Deacue Fields, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology professor and chair at Auburn, has accepted a position as dean of the University of Arkansas’s Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and will assume that role in mid-May.
Auburn's Bowen cited as Penn State agriculture's top alum
Auburn University plant pathology professor Kira Bowen’s major scientific accomplishments in the field of plant disease epidemiology have earned her two of the Penn State University College of Agricultural Sciences’ highest honors: a 2017 Outstanding Alumni award and...
Auburn trustees OK new equine barn, final Miller Center phases
In actions that will strengthen two College of Agriculture academic and research programs, Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has cleared the way for construction to begin on a new, $2.9 million equine barn at the Auburn Horse Center on Wire Road and given the go-ahead for the final four phases of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center in north Auburn. The board approved both items at its November meeting in Auburn.
Wowers’ genetic research plays role in Nobel award
When Columbia University biophysicist Joachim Frank was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry this fall, Auburn University researchers Jacek and Iwona Wower did a high-five—figuratively, if not literally.
Auburn-developed vaccine could prevent costly catfish disease
Auburn researchers will use an almost $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a novel vaccine that would effectively and economically control one of the most serious bacterial infections in the aquaculture industry today.
Alabama’s McMichen Farm breaks 100-bushel soybean barrier
By Eddie McGriff McMichen Farm has become the first farm in Alabama to make and break the 100-bushel soybean barrier with just more than 102 bushels per acre. The Cherokee County farm—located near Centre in northeast Alabama—has been in the McMichen family since 1842....
Auburn-developed vaccine could help prevent costly catfish disease
By Paul Hollis Auburn researchers will use an almost $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a novel vaccine that would effectively and economically control one of the most serious bacterial infections in the aquaculture industry today. Columnaris...
Women in Poultry: Three young alumnae visit Auburn’s Poultry Science Club
By Ashley Wiskirchen In the midst of Auburn University’s “125 Years of Auburn Women” celebration, the Poultry Science Club hosted three successful young Department of Poultry Science alumnae who now work at Aviagen were back on campus in October. The three,...
Grape cultivars evaluated at Sand Mountain
By Elina Coneva In a long-term research project, 11 grape varieties tolerant to a dangerous disease threat were planted and evaluated for their suitability to Alabama environmental conditions. The Pierce’s disease-tolerant American and French-American hybrid bunch...
Defending against brown marmorated stink bugs
By Derek Herscovici Alabama is home to many pests, and as of 2010 it was introduced to a new one, Halyomorpha halys, a.k.a. the brown marmorated stink bug, or BMSB. Whenever a new species is introduced, this presents the opportunity for research; for entomology grad...
NRCS funds to demonstrate and promote best irrigation practices in Alabama
By Paul Hollis The latest numbers tell the irrigation story: In Alabama, only 15 percent of the land currently available for farming is irrigated, a far cry from Mississippi’s 61 percent of cropland and Georgia’s 40 percent. Over time, that lack of irrigation...
Cutts recognized as UGA outstanding alumni
Auburn agronomist Trey Cutts, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences assistant professor and extension cotton specialist, is one of seven University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences graduates that the college’s alumni...