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.
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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.
By Jeremy Henderson jdh0123@auburn.edu, 3343190721 When it came to selecting a success story celebrating the growing role of women in their company's leadership — and in STEM fields in general — Frito-Lay chose wisely. The snack giant recently highlighted 2013...
An endowed professor in the Auburn University College of Agriculture is listed as among the world’s top 2% of entomologists in a database announced recently by Stanford University. “This recognition is a testimony to the impact our research has had on the broader...
Paul Patterson received the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual meeting in early February. Patterson is dean of the...
Auburn University has named Govind Kannan as its head for the Department of Poultry Science and director of the Charles C. Miller Poultry Research and Education Center,...
Auburn University has awarded Daniel Wells, associate professor of horticulture, with its Elbert A. and Barbara L. Botts Endowed Professorship, effective this month....
The College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences is teaming up with global packaging manufacturer and distributor Winpak to focus on research to extend the shelf life of meat and food products. The food product packaging research began in October and will...
David Held has been named chair of Auburn University’s Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, effective October 1. Held has been a faculty member in the department since 2008. “I believe Dr. Held’s extensive experience in research, teaching and extension have...
Two Auburn University College of Agriculture researchers received the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) 2019 New Innovator Award.
Drs. Charles and Jessica Starkey of the Department of Poultry Science in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture are joining forces with ADM.
Elina Coneva was appointed to the William A. Jr. and Cecelia Dozier Endowed Professorship and Kathy Lawrence to the Joseph Kloepper Professorship.
Auburn Entomologist John Beckmann was awarded $868,145 to develop a lightweight material that blocks mosquito bites and retains coolness in hot weather.
Of special interest to a group of Auburn researchers is the destination of heavy metals — including zinc, copper and lead — in manure used as fertilizer.
The USDA recently funded Assistant Professor Brendan Higgins’ project that will transform nutrients found in dairy and swine wastewater into fish feed.
College of Agriculture faculty will use a $3 million grant to encourage innovative conservation practices among the state’s row crop farmers.
Researchers in Auburn’s College of Agriculture hope to give a voice to the hardships endured in the Deep South’s rural areas during the COVID-19 crisis.
Neha Potnis, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, and Matt Waters, assistant professor in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, have been named NSF Early Career award winners.
Auburn University fisheries professor honored by American Society of Parasitologists
How alumni are staying close to their college home, no matter how far they go
Auburn Horticulture Club wins top honors at American Society of Horticultural Sciences’ regional meeting
Tiger Giving Day to support Department of Horticulture’s new hydroponic container gardens
Auburn poultry science department represented well at poultry forum and conference
Mullenix receives award from animal science society
Animal and dairy sciences alumnus plays a valuable part in the unique place Dr. Frank Pierce has chosen to call home. Georgia veterinarian and Auburn alum makes a name for himself.
Di Tian, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Crops, Soil and Environmental Sciences is the lead researcher in a $500,000 three-year interdisciplinary project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
To commemorate its 100th anniversary, the department invited all alumni and all retired faculty and staff to an all-day open house and a centennial celebration supper at the Alfa Pavilion in November.
Dunham, Appel tapped for endowed professor positions.
The College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences is teaming up with global packaging manufacturer and distributor Winpak to focus on research to extend the shelf life of meat and food products. The food product packaging research began in October and will...
David Held has been named chair of Auburn University’s Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, effective October 1. Held has been a faculty member in the department since 2008. “I believe Dr. Held’s extensive experience in research, teaching and extension have...
Two Auburn University College of Agriculture researchers received the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) 2019 New Innovator Award.
Drs. Charles and Jessica Starkey of the Department of Poultry Science in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture are joining forces with ADM.
Elina Coneva was appointed to the William A. Jr. and Cecelia Dozier Endowed Professorship and Kathy Lawrence to the Joseph Kloepper Professorship.
Auburn Entomologist John Beckmann was awarded $868,145 to develop a lightweight material that blocks mosquito bites and retains coolness in hot weather.
Of special interest to a group of Auburn researchers is the destination of heavy metals — including zinc, copper and lead — in manure used as fertilizer.
The USDA recently funded Assistant Professor Brendan Higgins’ project that will transform nutrients found in dairy and swine wastewater into fish feed.
College of Agriculture faculty will use a $3 million grant to encourage innovative conservation practices among the state’s row crop farmers.
Researchers in Auburn’s College of Agriculture hope to give a voice to the hardships endured in the Deep South’s rural areas during the COVID-19 crisis.
Neha Potnis, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, and Matt Waters, assistant professor in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, have been named NSF Early Career award winners.
Auburn University fisheries professor honored by American Society of Parasitologists
How alumni are staying close to their college home, no matter how far they go
Auburn Horticulture Club wins top honors at American Society of Horticultural Sciences’ regional meeting
Tiger Giving Day to support Department of Horticulture’s new hydroponic container gardens
Auburn poultry science department represented well at poultry forum and conference
Mullenix receives award from animal science society
Animal and dairy sciences alumnus plays a valuable part in the unique place Dr. Frank Pierce has chosen to call home. Georgia veterinarian and Auburn alum makes a name for himself.
Di Tian, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Crops, Soil and Environmental Sciences is the lead researcher in a $500,000 three-year interdisciplinary project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
To commemorate its 100th anniversary, the department invited all alumni and all retired faculty and staff to an all-day open house and a centennial celebration supper at the Alfa Pavilion in November.
Dunham, Appel tapped for endowed professor positions.