By Henry Jordan Thanks to a grant from the National Peanut Board, a...
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By Henry Jordan Thanks to a grant from the National Peanut Board, a...
While drones were initially used in agriculture primarily for collecting crop and field-condition data, Auburn University researcher Steve Li is leading an effort to explore how the small, remotely piloted aircraft can be used to apply pesticides and other farm...
Blueberry breeding and research at Auburn University received new support in the form of a $5.2 million award from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative Program. Sushan Ru, an assistant professor and blueberry breeder in the Department of Horticulture, was part...
The College of Agriculture will host well-known forester Kyle Lybarger at the invitation of Assistant Professor Ryan Thomson. Lybarger is scheduled to speak April 13 at...
De La Fuente first Auburn researcher to receive EU-funded award An Auburn University researcher and professor is part of an international team of scientists who are...
As Congress begins debating a new Farm Bill — including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — an Auburn University research project reveals one of the...
Two faculty members in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences have been named to recently established positions as assistant directors of the unit, effective March 1. Cova Arias, professor of aquatic...
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association named the 2014 recipient of the Outstanding Extension Educator at the 72nd Annual Alabama Cattleman’s Association Conference in Huntsville. Alabama BCIA recognized Soren Rodning, associate professor in the Auburn...
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation recently awarded a graduate fellowship and an undergraduate scholarship to two outstanding young people at the Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association 2015 Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with...
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Alumni CURRENT POSITION President and CEO of Precision Kia of Wesley Chapel President and CEO of Gulf Coast Turf and Tractor, LLC CURRENT LOCATION Tampa, Florida ABOUT MIKE Mike chose to study agricultural business and...
Four College of Agriculture faculty members have been awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2015, Auburn University Provost Timothy Boosinger has announced. Advancing from the academic rank of associate professor to full professor are Kenneth Macklin in the Department...
Dairy U, an educational, hands-on workshop for youth, will take place Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stanley P. Wilson Beef Teaching Unit on Auburn’s campus. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension...
Dairy Goat U, a hands-on, educational event for youth, will take place Saturday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stone Hollow Farmstead in Harpersville, Alabama. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension System and...
Charles Chen, an associate professor and peanut breeder in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, was recently recognized by the International Peanut Genome Initiative for his contributions to ongoing...
Puneet Srivastava, professor of ecological engineering in Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering, has been named the Butler-Cunningham Eminent Scholar in Agriculture and the Environment at Auburn following an internal search. College of Agriculture...
Hort researchers test feasibility of banana production in Alabama by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY In the world of food, bananas are rock stars. They’re Walmart’s perennial No. 1 best-selling item, outpacing all of the 150,000-plus other products in the...
Auburn ag economist’s study refutes challenges to country-of-origin labeling by JAMIE CREAMER An Auburn University professor’s rigorous analysis of almost 30 years’ worth of U.S. cattle import and price data debunks foreign beef competitors’ claims that the U.S....
Father and son lead College of Agriculture alumni and student groups by MARY CATHERINE GASTON If you spend much time on Ag Hill, you’ll hear mention of the “Auburn Ag Family.” It is true that College of Agriculture students, alumni, faculty and staff take pride in the...
Caleb Bristow, a two-time graduate of the Auburn University Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been named executive director of the Alabama Peanut Producers Association. Bristow, 26, earned his B.S. in agronomy and soils in 2010 and his M.S. in agronomy and soils in 2012.
Curtis Jolly, a Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor of Diversity, received the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor of the association. Jolly has been in the agricultural economics department for 35 years and is a...
Horses which have been used heavily all summer, but will be used sparingly during fall and winter need to be properly conditioned for this change. Horses at maintenance or doing light work have reduced energy requirements from hard working horses, and there is no need...
Christy Bratcher, an associate professor in Auburn's Department of Animal Sciences, received the Outstanding Young Animal Scientist Education Award during the annual meeting of the American Society of Animal Science Southern Section, held Jan. 31 – Feb. 3, 2015....
A faculty member and four graduate students in the Auburn Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences received awards at the Southern Branch – American Society of Agronomy annual meeting in Atlanta, Feb. 1-3. Associate professor Julie Howe, recognized as an...
Poultry science professor Sacit “Sarge” Bilgili’s research has been recognized by USPOULTRY for its significance to the broiler industry.
Researcher Eric Peatman is getting to the bottom of what makes Alabama bass so big–knowledge that could grow the state’s economy as well.
Gary Keever has been at the center of efforts to save, then replace Auburn’s iconic Toomer’s Corner oak trees.
A team of Auburn University researchers is looking to create new markets and job opportunities in forestry, an industry that generates more than $21 billion in this state annually and employs more than 122,000 Alabamians. Led by Sushil Adhikari of Auburn’s Department...
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