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.
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...
The spring 2024 graduation marshal for the Auburn University College of Agriculture is a Blountsville, Alabama, native with farm management plans on the horizon. Corley Williams will receive a Bachelor of Science in agricultural communications and a minor in animal...
Research shows Alabama barley good for beer, rotational crop The first beer ever brewed from Alabama-grown barley made its debut this past fall, and Auburn University...
Research made possible by $650,000 USDA-NIFA grant The number of farms in the U.S. operated by women has grown 27% in recent years. Yet, despite their growing number...
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently awarded a $3.9 million, five-year grant to a team of researchers to enhance honey bee health for...
The Departmental Entomology Team comprising students in the College of Agriculture placed first in the 2020 Entomology Games held on Nov. 16 by the Entomology Society of America. The Auburn entomology team includes team captain Seun Olaitan Oladipupo, Madison...
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...
Auburn Agriculture Hall of Honor alumni group event.
Two Auburn University College of Agriculture researchers received the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) 2019 New Innovator Award.
Auburn University freshman Kenneth Reese made history as the first Black president of Alabama 4-H. He hopes to one day teach or become an extension agent.
The College of Agriculture at Auburn University is pleased to announce the hiring of Mykel Taylor as the Alfa Endowed Eminent Scholar.
The NAMA team in the Auburn University College of Agriculture received $10,000 in crucial funding on Friday, Aug. 28, from Alabama Farm Credit.
Drs. Charles and Jessica Starkey of the Department of Poultry Science in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture are joining forces with ADM.
Researchers in Auburn’s College of Agriculture are using a $490,000 grant to accelerate efforts to breed a drought-tolerant peanut plant.
Elina Coneva was appointed to the William A. Jr. and Cecelia Dozier Endowed Professorship and Kathy Lawrence to the Joseph Kloepper Professorship.
Although celebrations to recognize recent Auburn graduates are indefinitely postponed, the College of Agriculture wishes to recognize these graduates.
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 Agricultural Heritage Park Pavilion, located on Auburn University’s campus, is now reopened and redesigned to host events for the region.
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.
Auburn’s Production Agriculture Research (PAR) grants program is helping the state’s farmers at a time when it’s needed the most.
Functional Ice, or FICE, is an alternative to ice that was created and tested in a lab on the Auburn University campus.
Students and instructors in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University adapted amid alternate operations during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Auburn’s College of Agriculture is joining international corporate partner Yara North America to create a research incubator farm at one of its AAES sites.
Auburn University animal scientist Don Mulvaney begs to differ with those who hold that leaders are born, not made. For him, the proof is in the pudding, and in his 35 years as a faculty member in the Department of Animal Sciences, he has amassed a world of proof....
Auburn University entomologists have discovered and identified a tiny wasp that could provide a huge benefit to Alabama soybean producers and other farmers. Though only about the size of a pinhead, the newly detected parasitoid wasp, Ooencyrtus nezarae, can do plenty...
A formal agreement that top Auburn University, College of Agriculture and Snead State Community College administrators have signed guarantees that Snead State students who meet Auburn’s transfer-student admission requirements are accepted into the agricultural science...
By Jamie Creamer / Feb 15, 2018 11:05:14 AM Bill Maynard, left, GCSAA immediate past president, congratulates Auburn's Team No. 37 on its first-place finish in the 2018 Collegiate Turf Bowl. With Maynard are, from left, team coach and Auburn associate professor David...
Current and aspiring culinary capitalists gained valuable insight on food safety, certification and business management during the Auburn University Food Systems Institute’s sixth annual Food Entrepreneur Conference in Auburn March 21-22. The institute is an Alabama...
Auburn University’s quarter-scale tractor team, comprised of biosystems engineering students, will receive 100 percent of the funds donated to the College of Agriculture on Auburn’s Tiger Giving Day 2018, set for Wednesday, Feb. 21. The 24-hour, all-out fundraiser...
Only 16 of Auburn University’s 1,330 faculty members currently hold the prestigious title of Alumni Professor, and six of those 16 are in the College of Agriculture. As is often the case, the college boasts more Alumni Professors than any other college or school on...
The Auburn College of Agriculture’s distance education program, Auburn Ag Online, has been ranked the second best online agriculture degree program in the nation by guidetoonlineschools.com.
Auburn University agricultural communications senior Brittany Carter was one of 30 students from land-grant universities, non-land-grant colleges of agriculture and Hispanic-serving institutions across the nation to participate in USDA’s 2018 Agricultural Outlook Forum Student Diversity Program in Washington, D.C., Feb. 19-23.
Auburn University researchers are hoping to reduce some of the risks and uncertainties of growing biomass crops with a project that focuses on the socioeconomic implications and public policy challenges of bioenergy market development and expansion. Biomass crops are...
The Southern Section of the American Society of Animal Science will recognize Auburn University professor Russ Muntifering for his outstanding service to the livestock industry over his 38-year career when it presents him its 2018 Distinguished Service Award at a...
James H. Patterson III is the Geographical Information System (GIS) Analyst for the Department of Information Technology for Clayton County in Georgia. In this role, he manages all technical aspects of Geographical Information Systems for emergency services in the...
Lindy Olive is a research project coordinator at Northwestern University. She manages projects related to how women spend their time in a day (the 24-hour cycle) and outcomes for cardiovascular health. While at Auburn, she focused on local food systems, meal kits for...
Karl Galloway currently serves as the Cultural Resource Specialist for the Alabama Bicentennial Commission. In this capacity he promotes historical and cultural events throughout the state, and assists smaller municipalities in organizing their own celebrations. He...
Thirty Auburn University College of Agriculture employees won top honors for their outstanding accomplishments and dedicated service throughout the year during the college’s 2017 faculty and staff awards program in Auburn in December.
The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association paid tribute to five Alabamians who have had a major impact on Alabama agriculture during its 2018 Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor banquet Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel and Conference Center.
Ten successful professionals who hold academic degrees from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture have been selected as the college’s most outstanding alumni for 2017. The 10 include the recipient of the 2017 Alumni Service Award and nine Alumni Award winners who were chosen by and represent the academic units and programs from which they earned their degrees.
Matthew Brady is a senior studying Agricultural Business and Economics. Being a third generation cattle and catfish farmer in Marion, Alabama, Brady knows the ins and outs of running a business. While at Auburn, he has been involved in the Agribusiness Club and is...
A native of Lillian, Alabama, Kelsey Cassebaum is no stranger to the life of agriculture. Cassebaum knows the meaning of hard work after growing up on a farm boasting of 1500 acres of row crops, 250 head of cattle in a cow-calf operation and a 1000+ pecan tree...
HIGHLIGHTS Education: Agricultural Communications Graduation: 2010 Current Position: Real Estate Assistant, Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Preferred Real Estate Current Location: Auburn, AL WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES? Rosa is earning her real estate license, shows...
Ben Staton is a graduate assistant pursuing a degree in fisheries management. Ben’s research is focused on Chinook salmon stocks in western Alaska. He is using long-term data sets to create and test models that address questions and make predictions relating to the...