Auburn University’s Kelly Homan and Katelyn Lawson have joined forces to assist the state of Alabama in the creation of its 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) revision.
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Sustainable beef production system could improve profitability
When Brandon Smith discusses his research on sustainable beef production, he’s speaking not only as an assistant professor in the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences but also as someone who is intimately familiar with the needs of producers. “I come from a...
Maity awarded $300,000 in support of plant research and agricultural production systems
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) recently awarded Aniruddha Maity a $300,000 grant to research the influences of endophytes and abiotic factors on herbicide resistance development in Italian...
$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.
Corley Williams selected spring 2024 College of Agriculture student marshal
The spring 2024 graduation marshal for the Auburn University College of Agriculture is a Blountsville, Alabama, native with farm management plans on the horizon.
Agricultural grants boost research funding, equipment purchases
One of several grants offered through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) research program for the current fiscal year will allow for the continuation of groundbreaking research originally established at Auburn University that focuses on using beneficial bacteria for promoting plant growth, plant health, nutrient uptake and insect pest prevention.
Mullenix receives award from animal science society
Mullenix receives award from animal science society
College of Ag students awarded ALNLA scholarships
College of Ag students awarded scholarships by ALNLA
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Just Plain[s] Special
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.
Chocolate Chips and Chili
Food science alumna Beth Westmoreland Miller shares her success with Nestle — along with a couple of family recipes.
Research to advance climate-smart irrigation for agriculture
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.
CSES celebrates a century at Auburn
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.
College of Ag’s Dunham, Appel Tapped for Endowed Positions
Dunham, Appel tapped for endowed professor positions.
Poultry Sculpture Unveiled
The College of Agriculture’s Department of Poultry Science recently unveiled a sculpture presented by Aviagen, one of the world’s largest poultry breeding service companies. Aviagen privately commissioned the “Hen and Rooster” sculpture by renowned metal sculptor Jacob Dean. The piece can be seen in the lobby of the administration and education building at the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry and Research Education Center located at North Auburn. Shown at left, presenting the sculpture to Bill Dozier, head of Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science, is Jan Henriksen, CEO of Aviagen.
Integrated research looks at human side of science
Left to right, Denis Nadolnyak, Ruiqing Miao and Michele Worosz, all of the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, are members of research teams that received grants from the National Science Foundation.
Dunham, Muntifering merit prestigious 2019 Faculty Awards at Auburn
College of Ag veterans Rex Dunham, Russ Muntifering named 2019 Faculty Award recipients at Auburn University.
College of Ag alumni professor co-authors book examining tall fescue
College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Alabama, alumni professor co-authors book examining tall fescue.
Horticulture’s Kessler makes a comeback, lives to ride again
Auburn horticulture’s Kessler recovers from April 13 near-fatal bike wreck, returns for fall semester.
USDA Deputy under secretary discusses climate change, other ag issues
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary Scott Hutchins, gives E.T. York Lecture at Auburn University on Sept. 26, 2019.
Ph.D. graduate’s classification study is first of aphid-like insect in more than 100 years
A recent doctoral graduate in the College of Agriculture’s entomology program has completed the first scientific classification and identification study of a group of insects, phylloxerans – an insect similar to an aphid – that has been undertaken in more than a century.
Abbie Adcock Cuny
By Office of Agricultural Communications and Marketing / Nov 7, 2017 10:10:00 AM Abbie Adcock Cuny (BA poultry science ’14) works with Chick-fil-A Inc. in the supplier quality and safety division as a liaison between Chick-fil-A operators and poultry suppliers. She...
Jay McCurdy
By Office of Agricultural Communications and Marketing / Nov 7, 2017 10:06:28 AM Jay McCurdy (PhD agronomy and soils ’13) has been named recipient of the Crop Science Society of America’s 2017 Early Career Award for making significant contributions to the field within...
Casey Whitaker
By Office of Agricultural Communications and Marketing / Nov 7, 2017 10:02:27 AM Casey Whitaker (BS ag communications ’14) is communications manager for the Arlington, Virginia–based Animal Agriculture Alliance, an industry organization that helps bridge the...
Sarah Frederick Henson
By Office of Agricultural Communications and Marketing / Nov 7, 2017 9:45:29 AM Sarah Frederick Henson, (BS animal sciences ’05) released her debut novel, “Devils Within,” in October. She is an attorney who recently joined the firm of Grace, Matthews and Debro LLC in...
USDA chief scientist, Auburn alum presents Fall York Lecture Sept. 26
The Auburn University College of Agriculture’s E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series will present U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary Scott Hutchins as the Fall 2019 York Lecturer Thursday, Sept. 26, in Auburn. In the lecture, set for 4 p.m. in the...
Dozier new Department of Poultry Science head at Auburn
Bill Dozier new poultry science department head, Miller Center executive director at Auburn University, AL
Old Nancy departs Auburn campus for local museum
Old Nancy, a 1905 Case steam traction engine that had been on loan to Auburn University for more than four decades, has a new home inside the Museum of East Alabama in Opelika.
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