Fresh Alabama strawberries in November, December, January and...
Latest
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...
AAES research working to minimize nematode losses in Alabama crops
Farmers have a hard enough time battling the pests they can see. The ones they can’t see — like plant parasitic nematodes — present another challenge altogether. These worm-like, sometimes microscopic animals are major agricultural pathogens that attack Alabama crop...
Alabama Extension to host regional precision agriculture workshops
By Katie Nichols As farmers prepare for the upcoming growing seasons, the dawning of a new year is a reminder of the new things to come. The Alabama Cooperative...
Researchers lead $2 million research project to produce hydrogen
Auburn University researchers are leading a $2 million Department of Energy grant that aims to produce hydrogen from blended feedstock such as legacy waste coal, forest...
Educational opportunities abound on rooftop garden
By Amy Weaver The garden on the rooftop of the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center does more than provide food and adornments for guests of its signature...
Auburn scientists developing food pathogen detection system
A simple, economical tool that could be used to detect and identify harmful bacteria on food products in minutes instead of days is in the works.
Farm fresh
Former fisheries faculty practices what he preached raising inland shrimp by JAMIE CREAMER About this time every year, David Teichert-Coddington packs his bag, loads his trailer and hits the road, bound for the Florida Keys. If he were going for a few weeks of R &...
Magnum opus
Auburn Fisheries Pioneer Explains Why Alabama Agriculture Can’t Catch Up by JAMIE CREAMER Sisyphus was a cruel, conniving mythological king of Corinth whose ultimate punishment was an eternity in Hades, pushing a large boulder up a hill, watching it roll back down as...
Turfgrass management master’s now offered online
Professionals in the turfgrass industry can earn a master’s degree in turfgrass management completely online in the newest distance education degree program available through the College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences. The...
Liu elected entomology, plant pathology chair
AUBURN, Ala.—Nannan Liu, Auburn University professor of entomology and internationally recognized insect molecular toxicologist, has been elected by her colleagues to a three-year term as chair of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology in the College of...
Auburn researcher turning pine trees into gasoline
Through a process known as gasification, Sushil Adhikari is converting pine trees into a gas that can be used to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
Fulton named Alfa agriculture professor at Auburn
AUBURN, Ala.—John Fulton, a professor in the Auburn University Department of Biosystems Engineering and specialist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, has been awarded the Alabama Farmers Federation Agriculture Professorship, College of Agriculture Dean...
Online master’s in turfgrass management at Auburn gets green light
AUBURN, Ala.—The Alabama Commission on Higher Education has approved an online master of turfgrass management program for Auburn University’s College of Agriculture. The program is designed for working professionals and offers 100 percent of its curriculum online. The...
Appel named interim associate dean for research and assistant director in agriculture
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University professor, department chair and researcher Arthur Appel has been named interim associate dean for research in the College of Agriculture and interim assistant director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, effective Jan. 1,...
Fish pathogen remains viable in biofilm, Auburn research shows
AUBURN, Ala.—A team of Auburn University College of Agriculture researchers studying the development of biofilm formed in aquaculture settings by the highly contagious fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare has taken the first-ever microscopic image of the biofilm—a...
Mask named to new role as Auburn ag, Extension liaison
AUBURN, Ala.—Paul Mask, a 31-year veteran of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, has been named assistant director for agriculture, forestry and natural resources programs and assistant dean for Extension at Auburn University, effective, Jan. 1, 2014, College of...
Auburn College of Ag, AAES honor top faculty, staff for 2013
AUBURN, Ala.—Fifteen Auburn University College of Agriculture/Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who collectively brought in more than $5.84 million in extramural research funding in 2013 were among the more than two dozen faculty and staff members...
Meet Stefanie Christensen Francisco
Stefanie Christensen Francisco is the communications director for Conservation Alabama, a non-profit organization that lobbies the state legislature on behalf of our state’s natural resources. Previously, she worked in national news production at CNN, Politico, and...
Auburn poultry scientists link enzyme level, green muscle disease
AUBURN, Ala.—After more than a decade of research into an increasingly common and costly broiler condition known as green muscle disease, a team of poultry scientists at Auburn University has identified a blood enzyme that could give breeders a noninvasive tool to...
Wearable computers could be boon to crop producers
AUBURN, Ala.—A wearable computer described as “a smartphone for your face” has the potential to help row-crop farmers operate more efficiently and profitably, two Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researchers at Auburn University say. Greg Pate and John Fulton...
Bioenery road show with gasifier demo comes to Auburn Oct. 12
AUBURN, Ala.—A two-week, tri-state road show highlighting the advances that a regional bioenergy research partnership in the Southeast has made in its first two years will wrap up Saturday, Oct. 12, in Auburn and will be set up at Ag Heritage Park from 9 a.m. to noon...
Auburn gets nod for online environmental science master's degree
AUBURN, Ala.—An online master’s degree program in soil, water and environmental science at Auburn University has gained final approval and will officially launch spring semester 2014, giving working professionals in fields related to natural resource management the...
Auburn scientists ID two native predators of exotic kudzu bugs
by JAMIE CREAMER Two key research breakthroughs at Auburn University over the summer could prove valuable weapons in the frustrating battle against the rapidly spreading, crop-destroying kudzu bug, and both are in the form of native insects that prey on the invasive...
Finding her passion
Journeys abroad prompt Auburn animal sciences/pre-vet senior to change courses by WENDY REED Katie Brennan was on an island off the coast of Thailand when she started second guessing herself. For 16 of her 19 years, Brennan had been so sure of her future, never...
Scientists urge gluten intolerant to make voices heard
by JAMIE CREAMER The number of Americans who have jumped on the gluten-free bandwagon has soared in recent years, largely in response to a plethora of celebrity testimonials and magazine articles extolling the virtues of eliminating gluten—a protein found in wheat,...
Scientists ID enzyme linked to green muscle disease
by JAMIE CREAMER After more than a decade of research into an increasingly common and costly broiler condition known as green muscle disease, a team of poultry scientists at Auburn University has identified a blood plasma enzyme that could give breeders a noninvasive...
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.