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Research examines feasibility of hydroponic strawberry production
Fresh Alabama strawberries in November, December, January and February? It’s not as far-fetched as it may sound. In fact, research taking place at the Auburn University Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) is showing great promise in growing strawberries in...
Rodrigues wins early career award for young professionals
An Auburn University assistant professor and Alabama Extension specialist earned an early career award for her research and extension work to address the needs of the local and regional fresh produce industry. Camila Rodrigues — a researcher for the Alabama...
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...
Building a better peanut plant
Auburn researchers look for drought tolerance The old adage of not being able to control the weather might be true, but Auburn researchers are looking for ways to at...
Graduate student focuses on important Listeria prevention
International student Sierra finds passion for food science By Rachel Damiani Katherine Sierra, an Auburn University master’s student in food science, has won multiple...
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...
Jensen named interim director of School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Longtime Auburn University faculty member and administrator John Jensen has been named interim director of the newly renamed School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, effective Sept. 1, College of Agriculture Dean Bill Batchelor has...
Beyond Auburn
Two study abroad students highly recommend international tours by WENDY REED and JAMIE CREAMER Derrick Robinson has never been one to pass up a great opportunity, so when the Auburn University agricultural economics master’s student received an email announcement in...
From hay field to greener pasture
Agronomy graduate’s club involvement, work ethic lead to job by NATHAN KELLY When Jordan and Melissa Toombs married in 2008, Toombs had one major goal: to get his new bride through her final two years of college. But for Toombs, accomplishing one goal means setting...
Walton named to off-bottom oyster culture board
Bill Walton, a former Cape Cod oyster farmer who since 2009 has been an Auburn University assistant professor of fisheries and Alabama Cooperative Extension System fisheries specialist at the Auburn Shellfish Lab on Dauphin Island, is one of seven individuals tapped...
Auburn fisheries department now School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures is now the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences within the College of Ag. The university’s Board of Trustees designated fisheries and three...
Auburn agronomy department renamed; Beasley tapped as new head
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University Department of Agronomy and Soils has a new name, and a 1979 alumnus of the program is returning to head what is now the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture Dean Bill Batchelor has announced....
Auburn University to host beef conference Aug. 16-17
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences will host its 2013 Beef Cattle Conference in Auburn Friday-Saturday, Aug. 16-17, at the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Overton/Goodwin Student Center and other campus facilities. The conference,...
Auburn, Wallace State in Hanceville partner in poultry science program
AUBURN, Ala.—Alabama’s most profitable agricultural industry is the focus of a new 2+2 educational partnership between Auburn University and Wallace State Community College in Hanceville. The partnership is designed to open more career doors in a part of the state...
NOAA grant to fund Srivastava's groundwater study
AUBURN, Ala.—Puneet Srivastava, a biosystems engineering associate professor and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researcher at Auburn University, has been awarded a highly competitive, $285,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to...
Fields to chair Auburn ag econ, rural sociology department
AUBURN, Ala.—Deacue Fields, an agricultural economist who has served on the Auburn University faculty for 11 years, has been named to a three-year term as chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, effective Aug. 16. Fields was hired at...
The human touch
Passion for students earns horticulture’s Eakes honors by JAMIE CREAMER “I believe in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with my fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all.” —George Petrie Joe Eakes is not an easy A. In fact, the Auburn...
Auburn scientists investigating what makes bedbugs tick
AUBURN, Ala.—The first thing that Zach DeVries does when he opens the door to a new hotel room is to put his luggage in the bathtub. “I’m not being paranoid,” DeVries said. “I’m being cautious.” It is a caution borne of insight that DeVries has acquired over the past...
An empty spot
Keever reflects on role as Toomer’s oaks spokesman by JAMIE CREAMER The first full week of May brought a return to normalcy in Gary Keever’s life—only it didn’t feel normal. Not yet, anyway, because for the first time in almost two and a half years, the historic oaks...
Finding her calling
Years of floundering led grad student to fisheries by JAMIE CREAMER Some people are born knowing what they want to be when they grow up. Mollie Smith was not one of them. She had no clear vision of her future when she enrolled at Auburn University as a freshman in...
Williams appointed to Botts endowed professorship
by WENDY REED A gift of more than half a million dollars from the estate of an Auburn horticulture alumnus and his wife has fully funded an endowed professorship in the Department of Horticulture and strengthened a scholarship fund for Auburn horticulture students....
College of Ag faculty, students garner honors
AUBURN, Ala.— Five Auburn University College of Agriculture faculty have been appointed or reappointed to professorships, and several faculty and students in the college have earned high honors for their outstanding accomplishments during the 2012-13 academic year....
Study investigates chemical’s effects on mussel populations
by JAMIE CREAMER Alabama is home to the most diverse freshwater mussel population in all of North America, with 180 known species dwelling or having once dwelled in the state’s rivers and streams. But in recent decades, their numbers have plummeted as a result of...
Don't let them bite
Scientists investigating what makes bedbugs tick by JAMIE CREAMER The first thing that Zach DeVries does when he opens the door to a new hotel room is to put his luggage in the bathtub. “I’m not being paranoid,” DeVries says. “I’m being cautious.” It is a caution...
Auburn to host inaugural SEC Equestrian Championship March 29-30
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University will host the first-ever Southeastern Conference equestrian championship Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, at the Auburn University Horse Center on Wire Road. All four SEC equestrian programs—Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas...
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