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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...
Auburn works to bring bold breakthroughs in blueberry research
Blueberries, a superfood rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and essential nutrients, are widely celebrated during July for National Blueberry Month. Recognizing the potential within these small yet mighty fruits, researchers at Auburn University work to promote the positive health benefits of blueberries.
Dunham awarded $650K to research improvement in genotypes of multiple catfish
USDA-NIFA recently awarded a $650,000 grant to Rex Dunham to genetically improve the overall genotype and phenotype of both channel catfish and a hybrid between channel...
Promoting blueberry production in Alabama
As the U.S. celebrates National Blueberry Month in July, researchers in the Auburn College of Agriculture and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station are looking for ways to boost blueberry production in the state by introducing more profitable cultivars for both field and protected cultivation.
Shannon wins honor for distance ed efforts
Dennis Shannon, a professor in Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been recognized by a national distance education coalition for his work in developing a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary online graduate degree program in...
Fisheries graduate student receives prestigious international fellowship
May “Noe Noe” Lwin, a Ph.D. student in the Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and a native of Myanmar in Southeast Asia, was recently awarded the Schlumberger Foundation’s 2015-16 Faculty for the Future Fellowship. Now in its 10th...
Teaching virtually
story and video by NATHAN KELLY Reading a description of how an egg forms inside a chicken is one thing. Seeing it in 3-D is a completely different experience. That’s why the Auburn University Food Systems Institute is bringing the animal's insides to life through an...
Improving access to healthy food
Agricultural economics and rural sociology associate professor Michelle Worosz is putting her passions to work to improve food quality and access in the state.
Going global
Office’s mission: raising global awareness in College of Ag by JAMIE CREAMER It was a simple PowerPoint slide welcoming Juliana Lima to the College of Agriculture at Auburn University as a visiting scholar. But when Lima, a Brazilian professor of aquaculture...
Entomology graduate students win at regional competition
Two graduate students in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology recently took home awards at the recent meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Feng Liu, a Ph.D. student in Nannan Liu's program, and Adekunle (Kunle)...
Liu's research on mosquito insecticide resistance published in Annual Review of Entomology
Dr. Nannan Liu, endowed professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, appears in this year’s edition of the leading academic journal in entomology research.
Alabama Extension hosting Deep South Stocker Conference in August
Alabama will host the seventh annual Deep South Stocker Conference Aug. 6-7 in Montgomery. The conference is targeting cattle producers in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Dr. Kim Mullenix, who is part of Alabama Extension’s beef cattle team, said that producers need...
Arias, DeVries begin new roles as School of Fisheries assistant directors
Two faculty members in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences have been named to recently established positions as assistant directors of the unit, effective March 1. Cova Arias, professor of aquatic...
Rodning named Outstanding Extension Educator by Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association named the 2014 recipient of the Outstanding Extension Educator at the 72nd Annual Alabama Cattleman’s Association Conference in Huntsville. Alabama BCIA recognized Soren Rodning, associate professor in the Auburn...
Animal sciences student awarded graduate fellowship from Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation recently awarded a graduate fellowship and an undergraduate scholarship to two outstanding young people at the Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association 2015 Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with...
Mike Rowe
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Alumni CURRENT POSITION President and CEO of Precision Kia of Wesley Chapel President and CEO of Gulf Coast Turf and Tractor, LLC CURRENT LOCATION Tampa, Florida ABOUT MIKE Mike chose to study agricultural business and...
Four ag faculty awarded promotion, tenure
Four College of Agriculture faculty members have been awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2015, Auburn University Provost Timothy Boosinger has announced. Advancing from the academic rank of associate professor to full professor are Kenneth Macklin in the Department...
Dairy U event planned for May
Dairy U, an educational, hands-on workshop for youth, will take place Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stanley P. Wilson Beef Teaching Unit on Auburn’s campus. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension...
April dairy goat program offers hands-on learning opportunity
Dairy Goat U, a hands-on, educational event for youth, will take place Saturday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stone Hollow Farmstead in Harpersville, Alabama. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension System and...
Chen recognized for contributions to International Peanut Genome Project
Charles Chen, an associate professor and peanut breeder in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, was recently recognized by the International Peanut Genome Initiative for his contributions to ongoing...
Srivastava named Auburn’s eminent scholar in agriculture, environment
Puneet Srivastava, professor of ecological engineering in Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering, has been named the Butler-Cunningham Eminent Scholar in Agriculture and the Environment at Auburn following an internal search. College of Agriculture...
Going bananas
Hort researchers test feasibility of banana production in Alabama by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY In the world of food, bananas are rock stars. They’re Walmart’s perennial No. 1 best-selling item, outpacing all of the 150,000-plus other products in the...
Keeping COOL?
Auburn ag economist’s study refutes challenges to country-of-origin labeling by JAMIE CREAMER An Auburn University professor’s rigorous analysis of almost 30 years’ worth of U.S. cattle import and price data debunks foreign beef competitors’ claims that the U.S....
Leading the way
Father and son lead College of Agriculture alumni and student groups by MARY CATHERINE GASTON If you spend much time on Ag Hill, you’ll hear mention of the “Auburn Ag Family.” It is true that College of Agriculture students, alumni, faculty and staff take pride in the...
Bristow named APPA executive director
Caleb Bristow, a two-time graduate of the Auburn University Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been named executive director of the Alabama Peanut Producers Association. Bristow, 26, earned his B.S. in agronomy and soils in 2010 and his M.S. in agronomy and soils in 2012.
Shannon wins honor for distance ed efforts
Dennis Shannon, a professor in Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been recognized by a national distance education coalition for his work in developing a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary online graduate degree program in...
Fisheries graduate student receives prestigious international fellowship
May “Noe Noe” Lwin, a Ph.D. student in the Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and a native of Myanmar in Southeast Asia, was recently awarded the Schlumberger Foundation’s 2015-16 Faculty for the Future Fellowship. Now in its 10th...
Teaching virtually
story and video by NATHAN KELLY Reading a description of how an egg forms inside a chicken is one thing. Seeing it in 3-D is a completely different experience. That’s why the Auburn University Food Systems Institute is bringing the animal's insides to life through an...
Improving access to healthy food
Agricultural economics and rural sociology associate professor Michelle Worosz is putting her passions to work to improve food quality and access in the state.
Going global
Office’s mission: raising global awareness in College of Ag by JAMIE CREAMER It was a simple PowerPoint slide welcoming Juliana Lima to the College of Agriculture at Auburn University as a visiting scholar. But when Lima, a Brazilian professor of aquaculture...
Entomology graduate students win at regional competition
Two graduate students in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology recently took home awards at the recent meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Feng Liu, a Ph.D. student in Nannan Liu's program, and Adekunle (Kunle)...
Liu's research on mosquito insecticide resistance published in Annual Review of Entomology
Dr. Nannan Liu, endowed professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, appears in this year’s edition of the leading academic journal in entomology research.
Alabama Extension hosting Deep South Stocker Conference in August
Alabama will host the seventh annual Deep South Stocker Conference Aug. 6-7 in Montgomery. The conference is targeting cattle producers in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Dr. Kim Mullenix, who is part of Alabama Extension’s beef cattle team, said that producers need...
Arias, DeVries begin new roles as School of Fisheries assistant directors
Two faculty members in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences have been named to recently established positions as assistant directors of the unit, effective March 1. Cova Arias, professor of aquatic...
Rodning named Outstanding Extension Educator by Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association named the 2014 recipient of the Outstanding Extension Educator at the 72nd Annual Alabama Cattleman’s Association Conference in Huntsville. Alabama BCIA recognized Soren Rodning, associate professor in the Auburn...
Animal sciences student awarded graduate fellowship from Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation recently awarded a graduate fellowship and an undergraduate scholarship to two outstanding young people at the Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association 2015 Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with...
Mike Rowe
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Alumni CURRENT POSITION President and CEO of Precision Kia of Wesley Chapel President and CEO of Gulf Coast Turf and Tractor, LLC CURRENT LOCATION Tampa, Florida ABOUT MIKE Mike chose to study agricultural business and...
Four ag faculty awarded promotion, tenure
Four College of Agriculture faculty members have been awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2015, Auburn University Provost Timothy Boosinger has announced. Advancing from the academic rank of associate professor to full professor are Kenneth Macklin in the Department...
Dairy U event planned for May
Dairy U, an educational, hands-on workshop for youth, will take place Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stanley P. Wilson Beef Teaching Unit on Auburn’s campus. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension...
April dairy goat program offers hands-on learning opportunity
Dairy Goat U, a hands-on, educational event for youth, will take place Saturday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stone Hollow Farmstead in Harpersville, Alabama. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension System and...
Chen recognized for contributions to International Peanut Genome Project
Charles Chen, an associate professor and peanut breeder in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, was recently recognized by the International Peanut Genome Initiative for his contributions to ongoing...
Srivastava named Auburn’s eminent scholar in agriculture, environment
Puneet Srivastava, professor of ecological engineering in Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering, has been named the Butler-Cunningham Eminent Scholar in Agriculture and the Environment at Auburn following an internal search. College of Agriculture...
Going bananas
Hort researchers test feasibility of banana production in Alabama by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY In the world of food, bananas are rock stars. They’re Walmart’s perennial No. 1 best-selling item, outpacing all of the 150,000-plus other products in the...
Keeping COOL?
Auburn ag economist’s study refutes challenges to country-of-origin labeling by JAMIE CREAMER An Auburn University professor’s rigorous analysis of almost 30 years’ worth of U.S. cattle import and price data debunks foreign beef competitors’ claims that the U.S....
Leading the way
Father and son lead College of Agriculture alumni and student groups by MARY CATHERINE GASTON If you spend much time on Ag Hill, you’ll hear mention of the “Auburn Ag Family.” It is true that College of Agriculture students, alumni, faculty and staff take pride in the...
Bristow named APPA executive director
Caleb Bristow, a two-time graduate of the Auburn University Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been named executive director of the Alabama Peanut Producers Association. Bristow, 26, earned his B.S. in agronomy and soils in 2010 and his M.S. in agronomy and soils in 2012.