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USDA appoints Bourassa to food safety advisory committee
An Auburn University associate professor and Extension specialist has been appointed to the USDA National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). “I am honored to accept this appointment to the USDA National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry...
Auburn shares $28 million grant to meet rural challenges
Auburn University is one of three universities sharing a $28 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), to establish an Institute for Rural Partnership to research the causes and conditions of...
Everything Auburn Podcast: Everything Poultry Science with Amit Morey
This week’s segment of the Everything Auburn podcast delves into the research of one of Auburn's rockstar professor experts, Amit Morey, and his work in improving the...
Graduate student focuses on important Listeria prevention
International student Sierra finds passion for food science By Rachel Damiani Katherine Sierra, an Auburn University master’s student in food science, has won multiple...
USDA appoints Bourassa to food safety advisory committee
An Auburn University associate professor and Extension specialist has been appointed to the USDA National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). “I...
Poultry’s future: Auburn opens newest addition to industry-leading research & education complex
One of the nation’s largest food industries will soon find its innovation hub in Alabama, thanks to Auburn University’s new Charles C. Miller Poultry Research and Education Center.
Conner a panelist at Berlin ‘feed the world’ summit
Auburn’s Don Conner, College of Agriculture Department head and professor of Poultry Science, speaks during the 2019 AGCO Berlin Summit.
Davis to lead Auburn’s National Poultry Technology Center
Auburn University biosystems engineer Jeremiah Davis has assumed duties as director of the Auburn-based National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC. Davis had served as associate director of the research and outreach center since joining the Auburn faculty in 2015 and...
Davis named director of Auburn’s National Poultry Technology Center
Auburn University biosystems engineer Jeremiah Davis has assumed duties as director of the Auburn-based National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC.
Morey named recipient of FFAR’s New Innovator Award
A novel approach to improving food safety during the storage and transportation of raw poultry and seafood has earned Auburn poultry science assistant professor Amit Morey one of only nine New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Awards presented nationally in 2018.
Auburn College of Ag, AAES present 2018 faculty, staff awards
Nineteen Auburn College of Agriculture and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station faculty who collectively secured more than $11.8 million in research funding in the past fiscal year were among the 32 honorees in the college’s 2018 faculty and staff awards program in...
AU trustees OK Miller Center’s final phases; processing plant first up
Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has cleared the way for completion of the multi-unit Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center on the north Auburn campus, beginning with construction of an 18,800-square-foot poultry processing plant on the 30-acre site.
Auburn leads project to improve phosphorus management on farms
The poultry industry in Alabama contributes more than $15 billion to the state’s economy each year, but along with the revenue and jobs, it also produces about 1.8 million tons of waste, or litter, annually.
Alabama equipment company supports poultry research at Auburn
A $500,000 gift to Auburn University’s College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama–based D&F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center, located...
National Poultry Technology Center leads way in industry innovation
Live poultry production in the U.S. is on the cusp of revolutionary changes, and Auburn University’s National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC, is helping to ensure that producers are not left behind. “Efficiency is the key to everything we do,” said Gene Simpson,...
Poultry science alum to give Auburn commencement address May 6
Randall Ennis, a 1983 Auburn University poultry science graduate who serves as CEO of the World Poultry Foundation, will deliver the keynote address during Auburn’s spring 2018 commencement ceremonies set for Sunday, May 6, in the Auburn Arena. He will speak at both...
College of Agriculture receives $500,000 gift from Alabama company
A $500,000 gift to the Auburn University College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama–based D & F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center,...
Ag Hill faculty dominate Auburn awards ceremony
College of Agriculture faculty members claimed the lion’s share of recognition during Auburn University’s 2018 Faculty Awards Dinner in late February. The ceremony formally honored all Auburn faculty who received the university’s highest awards in the 2017-18 academic...
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,...
New AAES grant program addresses critical agricultural needs
By Paul Hollis Long-term research is vital to the future of U.S. production agriculture, but farmers can’t always afford to wait for solutions to their most pressing problems. That’s why a new Auburn University funding program is providing shorter-term grants that...
Federal research funding pays hefty dividends
By Paul Hollis By most any standard, a $1.85 return on an initial investment of $1 is a good deal. According to a recent study, that’s what federal investments into agricultural research pay back through additional investments from state, local and private-sector...
Meeting consumers’ demand for quality poultry meat
By Paul Hollis Have you ever bitten into your favorite fast-food chicken sandwich only to find the meat is tough and chewy? This could become a rarity, thanks to a process an Auburn University researcher is developing to rapidly detect poor meat quality in chicken...
New training and research facility debuts at NPTC
With the summer months approaching, the National Poultry Technology Center at Auburn University hosted about 80 poultry managers and technicians April 19 for a hands-on training seminar on hot-weather housing, ventilation and equipment issues. The event was the first...
Outdated poultry research facilities slated for demolition
Three nondescript structures that for decades have stood on Woodfield Drive just south of Auburn University’s main campus are on the university’s to-be-demolished list, but Department of Poultry Sciences faculty say the buildings have served the department and the...
Auburn's Hess tapped as Penn State's top poultry science alum
Penn State University’s Department of Animal Science has named Auburn University faculty member Joe Hess its Poultry Science Distinguished Alumnus for 2017. Hess, professor and extension specialist in Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science, will be honored during an...
Auburn trustees greenlight construction of three new agriculture facilities
Construction will begin this summer on three new College of Agriculture facilities that the Auburn University Board of Trustees signed off on at its April 7 meeting in Auburn. The project list includes an 8,150-square-foot administration building at the Charles C....
Poultry’s future: Auburn opens newest addition to industry-leading research & education complex
One of the nation’s largest food industries will soon find its innovation hub in Alabama, thanks to Auburn University’s new Charles C. Miller Poultry Research and Education Center.
Conner a panelist at Berlin ‘feed the world’ summit
Auburn’s Don Conner, College of Agriculture Department head and professor of Poultry Science, speaks during the 2019 AGCO Berlin Summit.
Davis to lead Auburn’s National Poultry Technology Center
Auburn University biosystems engineer Jeremiah Davis has assumed duties as director of the Auburn-based National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC. Davis had served as associate director of the research and outreach center since joining the Auburn faculty in 2015 and...
Davis named director of Auburn’s National Poultry Technology Center
Auburn University biosystems engineer Jeremiah Davis has assumed duties as director of the Auburn-based National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC.
Morey named recipient of FFAR’s New Innovator Award
A novel approach to improving food safety during the storage and transportation of raw poultry and seafood has earned Auburn poultry science assistant professor Amit Morey one of only nine New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Awards presented nationally in 2018.
Auburn College of Ag, AAES present 2018 faculty, staff awards
Nineteen Auburn College of Agriculture and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station faculty who collectively secured more than $11.8 million in research funding in the past fiscal year were among the 32 honorees in the college’s 2018 faculty and staff awards program in...
AU trustees OK Miller Center’s final phases; processing plant first up
Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has cleared the way for completion of the multi-unit Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center on the north Auburn campus, beginning with construction of an 18,800-square-foot poultry processing plant on the 30-acre site.
Auburn leads project to improve phosphorus management on farms
The poultry industry in Alabama contributes more than $15 billion to the state’s economy each year, but along with the revenue and jobs, it also produces about 1.8 million tons of waste, or litter, annually.
Alabama equipment company supports poultry research at Auburn
A $500,000 gift to Auburn University’s College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama–based D&F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center, located...
National Poultry Technology Center leads way in industry innovation
Live poultry production in the U.S. is on the cusp of revolutionary changes, and Auburn University’s National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC, is helping to ensure that producers are not left behind. “Efficiency is the key to everything we do,” said Gene Simpson,...
Poultry science alum to give Auburn commencement address May 6
Randall Ennis, a 1983 Auburn University poultry science graduate who serves as CEO of the World Poultry Foundation, will deliver the keynote address during Auburn’s spring 2018 commencement ceremonies set for Sunday, May 6, in the Auburn Arena. He will speak at both...
College of Agriculture receives $500,000 gift from Alabama company
A $500,000 gift to the Auburn University College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama–based D & F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center,...
Ag Hill faculty dominate Auburn awards ceremony
College of Agriculture faculty members claimed the lion’s share of recognition during Auburn University’s 2018 Faculty Awards Dinner in late February. The ceremony formally honored all Auburn faculty who received the university’s highest awards in the 2017-18 academic...
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,...
New AAES grant program addresses critical agricultural needs
By Paul Hollis Long-term research is vital to the future of U.S. production agriculture, but farmers can’t always afford to wait for solutions to their most pressing problems. That’s why a new Auburn University funding program is providing shorter-term grants that...
Federal research funding pays hefty dividends
By Paul Hollis By most any standard, a $1.85 return on an initial investment of $1 is a good deal. According to a recent study, that’s what federal investments into agricultural research pay back through additional investments from state, local and private-sector...
Meeting consumers’ demand for quality poultry meat
By Paul Hollis Have you ever bitten into your favorite fast-food chicken sandwich only to find the meat is tough and chewy? This could become a rarity, thanks to a process an Auburn University researcher is developing to rapidly detect poor meat quality in chicken...
New training and research facility debuts at NPTC
With the summer months approaching, the National Poultry Technology Center at Auburn University hosted about 80 poultry managers and technicians April 19 for a hands-on training seminar on hot-weather housing, ventilation and equipment issues. The event was the first...
Outdated poultry research facilities slated for demolition
Three nondescript structures that for decades have stood on Woodfield Drive just south of Auburn University’s main campus are on the university’s to-be-demolished list, but Department of Poultry Sciences faculty say the buildings have served the department and the...
Auburn's Hess tapped as Penn State's top poultry science alum
Penn State University’s Department of Animal Science has named Auburn University faculty member Joe Hess its Poultry Science Distinguished Alumnus for 2017. Hess, professor and extension specialist in Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science, will be honored during an...
Auburn trustees greenlight construction of three new agriculture facilities
Construction will begin this summer on three new College of Agriculture facilities that the Auburn University Board of Trustees signed off on at its April 7 meeting in Auburn. The project list includes an 8,150-square-foot administration building at the Charles C....