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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 2010-11 beekeeping season, when colony loss rates were first determined. U.S. beekeepers lost an estimated...

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 served as interim head of the department since fall 2024. “Dr. Taylor’s effective leadership, along...
Auburn University dedicates Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center

Auburn University dedicates Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center

The Miller Center will support programming and activities of Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science and the National Poultry Technology Center. Poultry is Alabama’s leading agricultural commodity, with a $15 billion economic impact. And Alabama is one of the country’s leading poultry-producing states.

Study reveals reasons behind food waste

Small farm, huge honor

by JAMIE CREAMER The location selected for this year’s grand UN World Food Day celebration in Kenya’s southernmost county of Kwale just goes to show, you never know who’s watching. The site is a 10-acre family farm in the destitute coastal village of Mabafweni. But...

Study reveals reasons behind food waste

Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center hosts open house tour

by PAUL HOLLISThe Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in Belle Mina hosted an open house tour on July 19 to help inform state legislators and other leaders in agriculture about projects underway at the center. Participants also learned of Alabama...

Auburn University dedicates Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center

Auburn University dedicates Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center

The Miller Center will support programming and activities of Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science and the National Poultry Technology Center. Poultry is Alabama’s leading agricultural commodity, with a $15 billion economic impact. And Alabama is one of the country’s leading poultry-producing states.

Study reveals reasons behind food waste

Small farm, huge honor

by JAMIE CREAMER The location selected for this year’s grand UN World Food Day celebration in Kenya’s southernmost county of Kwale just goes to show, you never know who’s watching. The site is a 10-acre family farm in the destitute coastal village of Mabafweni. But...

Study reveals reasons behind food waste

Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center hosts open house tour

by PAUL HOLLISThe Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in Belle Mina hosted an open house tour on July 19 to help inform state legislators and other leaders in agriculture about projects underway at the center. Participants also learned of Alabama...