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College of Agriculture to host annual Ag Roundup Sept. 16
By Georgia Smith The 44th annual Ag Roundup, hosted by the Auburn Agricultural Alumni Club and the College of Agriculture at Auburn University, will return to campus on Saturday, Sept. 16, offering a special opportunity for agriculture alumni and friends to gather for...
Andre da Silva named national winner of Professional Early Career Award
Andre da Silva, assistant professor and extension vegetable specialist in the Auburn University Department of Horticulture, was recently named the national winner of the 2023 Professional Early Career Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) at...
E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series to bring Tuskegee Vice Provost
A seasoned academic and agriculturalist will share a land-grant perspective at the E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series at 4 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Ralph Brown Draughon...
College of Agriculture to host annual Ag Roundup Sept. 16
By Georgia Smith The 44th annual Ag Roundup, hosted by the Auburn Agricultural Alumni Club and the College of Agriculture at Auburn University, will return to campus on...
Andre da Silva named national winner of Professional Early Career Award
Andre da Silva, assistant professor and extension vegetable specialist in the Auburn University Department of Horticulture, was recently named the national winner of...
Graduate students attend national MANRRS conference
Eleven graduate students in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University attended the Annual Training Conference and Career Expo from the National Society of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences, or MANRRS, March 23-26 in Jacksonville,...
E.T. York lecturer series to bring Microsoft executive on April 20
Ranveer Chandra to discuss empowering farmers with affordable digital agriculture techniques The brain behind FarmBeats — an agricultural research project developed by Microsoft using solar-powered, white space-based Internet connectivity to record soil temperature...
Agricultural communications major takes second in Tiger Cage competition
Not every Auburn University senior receives thousands of dollars in startup capital prior to graduation. But Will Jordan is not your average senior. Jordan was the second-place finisher in the Tiger Cage Business Idea Competition, an annual program for student-led...
Auburn University hosts groundbreaking conference on AI in agriculture
In a groundbreaking, first-of-its kind event, university scientists, engineers, producers, government agencies and industry officials from throughout the Southeast met at Auburn University to brainstorm ways to use artificial intelligence to help farmers. The bottom...
Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department rakes in awards
Faculty and students in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences at Auburn University received a number of awards during the annual meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of...
Seun Oladipupo is the pinnacle of graduate excellence at Auburn
Few students have been as actively involved in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University as Seun Oladipupo, a Ph.D. candidate who plans to complete his degree in May. According to Entomology and Plant Pathology Chair David Held, Oladipupo...
Man vs. Mosquito: Auburn researcher tackles age-old battle
By Mike Jernigan So, imagine you’re a female mosquito. You’re patiently circling, waiting to pounce, while your unsuspecting victim enjoys a picnic with no idea they have unknowingly been placed on your menu. Your multi-lensed eyes have confirmed what your carbon...
Auburn, HudsonAlpha researcher awarded fellowship to accelerate hop breeding programs
The beer industry has been steadily growing in the United States over the last decade, driven largely by the increased popularity of craft breweries. It is predicted to continue this growth with an estimated market value of $146 billion by 2025. To meet the growing...
Alabama Public Television to highlight extension program fighting hunger
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s Grow More, Give More initiative will be the focus of Alabama Public Television’s next installment in its “Spotlight on Agriculture” series at 9 p.m. Feb. 24. Grow More, Give More is a program through which home gardeners grow...
Bonnie Plants Foundation gift to create Children’s Garden
The Transformation Garden in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University recently received a truly transformative donation. Bonnie Plants Foundation announced a multiyear donation to establish a new two-acre Children’s Garden and Pollinator Garden within Auburn's...
Research examines results of competing policies on healthy food choices
An Auburn University research project attempts to determine which approach best improves access to healthy food choices for food assistance recipients in the United States — more government benefits or more grocery stores. The study — authored by Joel Cuffey,...
Conference to address artificial intelligence in agriculture
Artificial intelligence (AI) support systems, automation and robotics have the potential to transform agriculture. A group of Southeastern universities is coordinating a conference to address this potential at Auburn University in the spring. Titled “Envisioning 2050...
Research finds improved soil test for phosphorus in water
In the quest to find a solution to one problem, agricultural research oftentimes finds answers to others along the way. Such is the case with researchers from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, where scientists are working to ensure that waste or litter from...
“Agrivoltaic” research combines solar energy, food production
Auburn University researchers in the College of Agriculture’s Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department are participating in a new USDA project to optimize design for “agrivoltaic” systems — fields with both crops and solar panels — that will maintain crop...
Board of Trustees approves construction of Transformation Garden
At its September meeting, the Auburn University Board of Trustees agreed to designate 16 acres of campus space for the creation of the College of Agriculture’s Transformation Garden. The garden, which will be located between Lem Morrison Drive and Woodfield Drive,...
Training better scientists: College offers ample undergraduate research opportunities
Research opportunities for undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture are ample, and students are encouraged to take advantage of them prior to graduate school. Madison Dees needed a job. Rather than pursuing the usual part-time retail or service jobs for...
Survey examines preferences for COVID-19 testing
College of Agriculture Assistant Professor Joel Cuffey is the co-author of a paper recently published by the American Journal of Health Promotion that looks at preferences toward different methods of COVID-19 testing. The project came at a time when U.S. COVID-19...
Agricultural communications seniors address tough topics
Three years ago, students majoring in agricultural communications built The Comer Connection, a biannual publication made by and for College of Agriculture students at Auburn University. This spring, students in the Agricultural Communications Capstone course created...
Wheeler Foshee receives NACTA Educator Award
Wheeler Foshee, associate professor in the Department of Horticulture at Auburn University, was recently recognized by the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) with the annual Educator Award. This national award recognizes those individuals...
The Collegiate Hotel creates annual fund benefiting AU-Bees Lab
Local Auburn business the Collegiate Hotel recently announced the creation of The Brian E. and Kimberly A. Wirth Family Annual Fund for Excellence, also known as the Bee Excellent Fund, supporting the AU-Bees Lab in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University. ...
Market at Ag Heritage Park open for the summer
The Farmer’s Market at Ag Heritage Park at Auburn University is open for the summer through Aug. 12. The market, open each Thursday from 3-6 p.m., is an open-air, growers-only farmers market hosted by the College of...
Graduate students attend national MANRRS conference
Eleven graduate students in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University attended the Annual Training Conference and Career Expo from the National Society of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences, or MANRRS, March 23-26 in Jacksonville,...
E.T. York lecturer series to bring Microsoft executive on April 20
Ranveer Chandra to discuss empowering farmers with affordable digital agriculture techniques The brain behind FarmBeats — an agricultural research project developed by Microsoft using solar-powered, white space-based Internet connectivity to record soil temperature...
Agricultural communications major takes second in Tiger Cage competition
Not every Auburn University senior receives thousands of dollars in startup capital prior to graduation. But Will Jordan is not your average senior. Jordan was the second-place finisher in the Tiger Cage Business Idea Competition, an annual program for student-led...
Auburn University hosts groundbreaking conference on AI in agriculture
In a groundbreaking, first-of-its kind event, university scientists, engineers, producers, government agencies and industry officials from throughout the Southeast met at Auburn University to brainstorm ways to use artificial intelligence to help farmers. The bottom...
Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department rakes in awards
Faculty and students in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences at Auburn University received a number of awards during the annual meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of...
Seun Oladipupo is the pinnacle of graduate excellence at Auburn
Few students have been as actively involved in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University as Seun Oladipupo, a Ph.D. candidate who plans to complete his degree in May. According to Entomology and Plant Pathology Chair David Held, Oladipupo...
Man vs. Mosquito: Auburn researcher tackles age-old battle
By Mike Jernigan So, imagine you’re a female mosquito. You’re patiently circling, waiting to pounce, while your unsuspecting victim enjoys a picnic with no idea they have unknowingly been placed on your menu. Your multi-lensed eyes have confirmed what your carbon...
Auburn, HudsonAlpha researcher awarded fellowship to accelerate hop breeding programs
The beer industry has been steadily growing in the United States over the last decade, driven largely by the increased popularity of craft breweries. It is predicted to continue this growth with an estimated market value of $146 billion by 2025. To meet the growing...
Alabama Public Television to highlight extension program fighting hunger
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s Grow More, Give More initiative will be the focus of Alabama Public Television’s next installment in its “Spotlight on Agriculture” series at 9 p.m. Feb. 24. Grow More, Give More is a program through which home gardeners grow...
Bonnie Plants Foundation gift to create Children’s Garden
The Transformation Garden in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University recently received a truly transformative donation. Bonnie Plants Foundation announced a multiyear donation to establish a new two-acre Children’s Garden and Pollinator Garden within Auburn's...
Research examines results of competing policies on healthy food choices
An Auburn University research project attempts to determine which approach best improves access to healthy food choices for food assistance recipients in the United States — more government benefits or more grocery stores. The study — authored by Joel Cuffey,...
Conference to address artificial intelligence in agriculture
Artificial intelligence (AI) support systems, automation and robotics have the potential to transform agriculture. A group of Southeastern universities is coordinating a conference to address this potential at Auburn University in the spring. Titled “Envisioning 2050...
Research finds improved soil test for phosphorus in water
In the quest to find a solution to one problem, agricultural research oftentimes finds answers to others along the way. Such is the case with researchers from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, where scientists are working to ensure that waste or litter from...
“Agrivoltaic” research combines solar energy, food production
Auburn University researchers in the College of Agriculture’s Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department are participating in a new USDA project to optimize design for “agrivoltaic” systems — fields with both crops and solar panels — that will maintain crop...
Board of Trustees approves construction of Transformation Garden
At its September meeting, the Auburn University Board of Trustees agreed to designate 16 acres of campus space for the creation of the College of Agriculture’s Transformation Garden. The garden, which will be located between Lem Morrison Drive and Woodfield Drive,...
Training better scientists: College offers ample undergraduate research opportunities
Research opportunities for undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture are ample, and students are encouraged to take advantage of them prior to graduate school. Madison Dees needed a job. Rather than pursuing the usual part-time retail or service jobs for...
Survey examines preferences for COVID-19 testing
College of Agriculture Assistant Professor Joel Cuffey is the co-author of a paper recently published by the American Journal of Health Promotion that looks at preferences toward different methods of COVID-19 testing. The project came at a time when U.S. COVID-19...
Agricultural communications seniors address tough topics
Three years ago, students majoring in agricultural communications built The Comer Connection, a biannual publication made by and for College of Agriculture students at Auburn University. This spring, students in the Agricultural Communications Capstone course created...
Wheeler Foshee receives NACTA Educator Award
Wheeler Foshee, associate professor in the Department of Horticulture at Auburn University, was recently recognized by the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) with the annual Educator Award. This national award recognizes those individuals...
The Collegiate Hotel creates annual fund benefiting AU-Bees Lab
Local Auburn business the Collegiate Hotel recently announced the creation of The Brian E. and Kimberly A. Wirth Family Annual Fund for Excellence, also known as the Bee Excellent Fund, supporting the AU-Bees Lab in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University. ...
Market at Ag Heritage Park open for the summer
The Farmer’s Market at Ag Heritage Park at Auburn University is open for the summer through Aug. 12. The market, open each Thursday from 3-6 p.m., is an open-air, growers-only farmers market hosted by the College of...