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Endowed Professor Nannan Liu demonstrates excellence in research
A seasoned researcher and administrator in the Auburn University College of Agriculture and one of the top 2% of entomologists in the world got her start in the field because of the kindness of a neighbor. Nannan Liu grew up in Beijing in a community full of...
$750K grant allows faculty to help rural Alabamians
Farmers often lament the land lost to suburban sprawl, but across the South, a land mass roughly the size of New Jersey is stuck in a legal limbo known as heirs’ property. In Alabama, about 200,000 acres of agricultural and forest land is in heirs’ property. Until the...
Brodbeck family has Auburn, Guatemala, coffee in their blood
By Mike Jernigan If die-hard Auburn fans truly bleed orange and blue, then few families’ blood likely features more of the Tiger colors than the Brodbeck clan, whose...
Professor Profile: Leanne Dillard
The Road Back: Leanne Dillard shares her agriculture story By Justin Miller A desire to work in agriculture is something that many people have from an early age. But...
International interns study novel growth systems at Auburn
It’s become a bit of a tradition. Each summer, some of the best and brightest students at EARTH University in Costa Rica travel to Auburn to study and conduct research...
Fall semester brings six new faculty to college
The College of Agriculture has welcomed six new faculty members for fall semester 2014. Thorsten Knappenberger, most recently a postdoctoral researcher at Washington State University, has joined the crop, soil and environmental sciences department as assistant...
Auburn’s Ortiz part of nationally recognized climate change project
Associate professor and extension specialist Brenda Ortiz is part of a team whose efforts aim to help Southeastern farmers cope with the results of climate change.
Young man on a mission
Ben Brinkerhoff sees his ag econ degree from a mission-field perspective.
On-campus garden plot helps feed community
Auburn University Ph.D. student Zack Ogles had picked a ton of produce—closer to 2,200 pounds, actually—from the eight-row garden he has on the Auburn campus.
Entomology and plant pathology welcomes new faculty members
This fall the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology welcomed four new faculty. Alana Jacobson joined the faculty as an insect ecologist\row crop entomologist. Dr. Jacobson comes to Auburn from Dr. George Kennedy's lab at North Carolina State University. Thrips...
Auburn animal sciences faculty member, alum named to 40 Under 40
AUBURN, Ala. —An Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences faculty member and a veterinarian who is an alumnus of the department are among 40 young men and women from across the U.S. and Canada being honored for the significant contributions they have made to...
Standing up to Roundup®
Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Taking Root in Alabama Fields by NATHAN KELLY It’s becoming an all-too-common occurrence in Alabama agriculture: another weed added to the list of aggressive, undesirable weeds that can hold their own against the broad-spectrum herbicide...
Senior spends summer studying mega-sharks
Meet an animal sciences student who sees her future on the ocean.
Eakes appointed interim horticulture department head
AUBURN, Ala. —Auburn University horticulture professor Joe Eakes has been named interim head of the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture Dean Bill Batchelor has announced. Eakes assumed the role Sept. 5 and will serve in the position until a new...
Auburn grape study good news for state vineyards, wineries
An Auburn horticulture professor’s research aims to boost Alabama’s wine industry by stamping out disease.
Say what? Auburn scientists say fish speak up when things get noisy
By Mary Catherine Gaston Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This...
2013 catfish numbers reveal challenges facing industry
By MARY CATHERINE GASTON A newly released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database that Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson compiled paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama...
Fadamiro named assistant dean and director of global programs
AUBURN, Ala. —Auburn University alumni professor and researcher Henry Fadamiro has been named assistant dean and director of global programs in the College of Agriculture, effective Sept. 1, Dean Bill Batchelor has announced. “Agriculture knows no geographical...
Expert on ethics of scholarly publishing to deliver lecture Oct. 10
AUBURN, Ala. —The fall installment of the 2014 Auburn University Special Lecture Series will take place Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. in Langdon Hall and will feature Jeffrey Beall, an expert on scholarly publishing. The lecture, entitled “Scholarly Publishing in...
Auburn fisheries will host expo, field day Sept. 20
AUBURN, Ala. —The Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host an expo and field day Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Research Center on North College Street in Auburn. Free and open to the...
International agriculture leaders visit Auburn University campus
Researchers with the Auburn University Peanut Team are partnering with an international organization to help farmers in the world’s driest and poorest regions feed the hungry.
Poultry science student spends summer on Capitol Hill
Sarah Stephenson put her poultry science major to work on Capitol Hill this summer.
Wilson selected for National Science Foundation post
Wilson is the first faculty member from the College of Agriculture and the seventh from Auburn University to serve as an NSF program director.
Partnership with alumnus benefits Auburn precision agriculture program
Auburn researchers will be plowing on the cutting edge thanks to a special deal brought about by alumnus and long-time supporter Donnie Sanders.
Auburn to host Watershed Stewardship Conference May 30
AUBURN, Ala. —The eighth annual Tallapoosa Basin Conference will take place Friday, May 30, at the Hubbard Center for Advanced Science, Innovation and Commerce at Auburn University. The event will feature experts addressing a range of topics related to water resources...
Fisheries' Wilson wins honor as undergrad research mentor
Auburn aquatic scientist Alan Wilson’s passion for getting students excited about scientific discovery earns him honors as the university’s top undergraduate research mentor.
Fall semester brings six new faculty to college
The College of Agriculture has welcomed six new faculty members for fall semester 2014. Thorsten Knappenberger, most recently a postdoctoral researcher at Washington State University, has joined the crop, soil and environmental sciences department as assistant...
Auburn’s Ortiz part of nationally recognized climate change project
Associate professor and extension specialist Brenda Ortiz is part of a team whose efforts aim to help Southeastern farmers cope with the results of climate change.
Young man on a mission
Ben Brinkerhoff sees his ag econ degree from a mission-field perspective.
On-campus garden plot helps feed community
Auburn University Ph.D. student Zack Ogles had picked a ton of produce—closer to 2,200 pounds, actually—from the eight-row garden he has on the Auburn campus.
Entomology and plant pathology welcomes new faculty members
This fall the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology welcomed four new faculty. Alana Jacobson joined the faculty as an insect ecologist\row crop entomologist. Dr. Jacobson comes to Auburn from Dr. George Kennedy's lab at North Carolina State University. Thrips...
Auburn animal sciences faculty member, alum named to 40 Under 40
AUBURN, Ala. —An Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences faculty member and a veterinarian who is an alumnus of the department are among 40 young men and women from across the U.S. and Canada being honored for the significant contributions they have made to...
Standing up to Roundup®
Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Taking Root in Alabama Fields by NATHAN KELLY It’s becoming an all-too-common occurrence in Alabama agriculture: another weed added to the list of aggressive, undesirable weeds that can hold their own against the broad-spectrum herbicide...
Senior spends summer studying mega-sharks
Meet an animal sciences student who sees her future on the ocean.
Eakes appointed interim horticulture department head
AUBURN, Ala. —Auburn University horticulture professor Joe Eakes has been named interim head of the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture Dean Bill Batchelor has announced. Eakes assumed the role Sept. 5 and will serve in the position until a new...
Auburn grape study good news for state vineyards, wineries
An Auburn horticulture professor’s research aims to boost Alabama’s wine industry by stamping out disease.
Say what? Auburn scientists say fish speak up when things get noisy
By Mary Catherine Gaston Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This...
2013 catfish numbers reveal challenges facing industry
By MARY CATHERINE GASTON A newly released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database that Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson compiled paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama...
Fadamiro named assistant dean and director of global programs
AUBURN, Ala. —Auburn University alumni professor and researcher Henry Fadamiro has been named assistant dean and director of global programs in the College of Agriculture, effective Sept. 1, Dean Bill Batchelor has announced. “Agriculture knows no geographical...
Expert on ethics of scholarly publishing to deliver lecture Oct. 10
AUBURN, Ala. —The fall installment of the 2014 Auburn University Special Lecture Series will take place Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. in Langdon Hall and will feature Jeffrey Beall, an expert on scholarly publishing. The lecture, entitled “Scholarly Publishing in...
Auburn fisheries will host expo, field day Sept. 20
AUBURN, Ala. —The Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host an expo and field day Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Research Center on North College Street in Auburn. Free and open to the...
International agriculture leaders visit Auburn University campus
Researchers with the Auburn University Peanut Team are partnering with an international organization to help farmers in the world’s driest and poorest regions feed the hungry.
Poultry science student spends summer on Capitol Hill
Sarah Stephenson put her poultry science major to work on Capitol Hill this summer.
Wilson selected for National Science Foundation post
Wilson is the first faculty member from the College of Agriculture and the seventh from Auburn University to serve as an NSF program director.
Partnership with alumnus benefits Auburn precision agriculture program
Auburn researchers will be plowing on the cutting edge thanks to a special deal brought about by alumnus and long-time supporter Donnie Sanders.
Auburn to host Watershed Stewardship Conference May 30
AUBURN, Ala. —The eighth annual Tallapoosa Basin Conference will take place Friday, May 30, at the Hubbard Center for Advanced Science, Innovation and Commerce at Auburn University. The event will feature experts addressing a range of topics related to water resources...
Fisheries' Wilson wins honor as undergrad research mentor
Auburn aquatic scientist Alan Wilson’s passion for getting students excited about scientific discovery earns him honors as the university’s top undergraduate research mentor.