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Auburn research looks to boost average peanut yields
U.S. peanut producers have seen peaks and valleys in their yields over the years, prompting researchers at Auburn University to analyze these inconsistencies and search for ways to boost and maintain profitable crops. An analysis of yields since 1970 made by a College...
Endowed Professor Nannan Liu demonstrates excellence in research
A seasoned researcher and administrator in the Auburn University College of Agriculture and one of the top 2% of entomologists in the world got her start in the field because of the kindness of a neighbor. Nannan Liu grew up in Beijing in a community full of...
Professor Profile: Leanne Dillard
The Road Back: Leanne Dillard shares her agriculture story By Justin Miller A desire to work in agriculture is something that many people have from an early age. But...
International interns study novel growth systems at Auburn
It’s become a bit of a tradition. Each summer, some of the best and brightest students at EARTH University in Costa Rica travel to Auburn to study and conduct research...
Everything Auburn Podcast: Everything Poultry Science with Amit Morey
This week’s segment of the Everything Auburn podcast delves into the research of one of Auburn's rockstar professor experts, Amit Morey, and his work in improving the...
Safe and secure
$4.8 million grant will enhance safety of local foods by JAMIE CREAMER Animal sciences assistant professor Christy Bratcher and a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Auburn and Tuskegee universities have been awarded a five-year, $4.8 million grant from USDA’s...
Taking the lead
Auburn ag alum wins farmers federation presidency by JAMIE CREAMER On Dec. 3, 2012, College of Agriculture alumnus and fifth-generation Chilton County farmer Jimmy Parnell eked out a victory to become president of the Alabama Farmers Federation and, subsequently,...
Ag, forestry dominate state's economy, study shows
AUBURN, Ala.—Agriculture, forestry and their related industries account for 41 percent of Alabama’s $174 billion economy and provide 22 percent of all jobs in the state, a new report from Auburn University’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology...
Research reveals secret lives of mole crickets
AUBURN, Ala.—Research that Alabama Ag Experiment Station entomologist David Held is conducting in labs at Auburn is shedding new light on the secret lives of mole crickets, and his findings could eventually lead to improved strategies for controlling the costly pests....
Lord Kwakye Ameyaw
Lord Kwakye Ameyaw completed a Master of Science Degree in Rural Sociology from Auburn University in 2013. He recently completed a PhD in Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. Lord works as an Agroforester with the Nebraska...
College of Ag, AAES honor top faculty, staff
AUBURN, Ala.— Twenty College of Agriculture/Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who landed a combined $11.4 million-plus in grants and contracts over the course of a year were honored as 2012 Grantsmanship Award winners and 21 other faculty and staff...
Production under way at Auburn's new $7.1 million feed mill
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University’s new $7.1 million Poultry and Animal Nutrition Center, a state-of-the-art academic and research feed production facility located on a 50-acre site north of the main campus, officially opened Friday, Nov. 16, with a ribbon-cutting...
Auburn ag economist Bill Hardy granted emeritus status posthumously
AUBURN, Ala.—The late William E. “Bill” Hardy Jr., a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Auburn University for almost 39 years, has been posthumously awarded the status of professor emeritus. The College of Agriculture...
Sibley to take reins as Department of Horticulture head
AUBURN, Ala.—Jeff Sibley, an Auburn University alumnus and faculty member, has been named head of the Department of Horticulture at Auburn, effective Nov. 1. Sibley, who grew up in northwest Alabama’s Mount Hope community and was a part of a family nursery and turf...
AU technology could revolutionize rendering industry
AUBURN, Ala. — A patented Auburn University–developed process that cleanly converts inedible waste from the slaughter of animals into marketable products is making its commercial debut this summer with the opening of Alabama Protein Products LLC at Kyser Family Farms,...
Survey of coastal seafood, restaurant industries under way
AUBURN, Ala. — Seafood fishers, processors and wholesalers as well as seafood restaurant chefs and owners are the focus of a survey under way along the Alabama-Mississippi Gulf Coast aimed at evaluating how those involved in the seafood supply chain are faring after...
Corpulent wooly pig possible key to human disease prevention
AUBURN Ala.—A curly-haired, morbidly obese, genetically primitive breed of Hungarian pig that until recently was on the brink of extinction could be key to the eventual prevention of diabetes and heart disease in humans, Auburn University researchers contend. The...
Partridge Memorial Fishing Tourney set for May 5
AUBURN—The sixth annual David Partridge Memorial Big Bass Tournament will be held Saturday, May 5, beginning at 12:30 p.m. at Auburn University’s North Station research ponds near the Auburn campus. Tournament proceeds go to the David Partridge Memorial Endowment at...
Auburn College of Ag enhances distance ed opportunities
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University College of Agriculture’s distance education program is expanding its offerings this fall to include two new weed science courses, and a new online master’s degree in soil, water and environmental sciences will be available soon,...
Nutrition sciences organization taps Bergen as fellow
AUBURN, Ala.—Werner G. Bergen, nutritional biochemist and professor in the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences, has been named a fellow of the American Society for Nutrition, the preeminent worldwide scientific organization for nutritional sciences. The...
2012 Dairy Field Day set for April 3
AUBURN, Ala.—Topics ranging from pasture-based dairying to the public’s perception of Alabama dairy farmers will be part of the program at the 2012 Alabama Dairy Field Day, set for Tuesday, April 3, from 8:45 a.m. till 2:30 p.m. at Auburn University’s E.V. Smith...
Riva Denny
Riva completed her MS in rural sociology at Auburn in 2012 where she wrote her master’s thesis on the differences between red meat inspection regulations at the state and federal levels and the implications that these differences have for small slaughterhouses and the...
Auburn scientists find tar balls are better left alone
AUBURN, Ala.—The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the waves of tar balls deposited on the beaches shortly thereafter prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to produce a tar ball fact sheet. Among the factoids was...
Job creation chief goal of Auburn's new Aquaculture, Fisheries Institute
AUBURN, Ala.—A new research and outreach institute focused on stimulating economic growth in Alabama and the Southeast by strengthening and expanding the region’s domestic aquatic and fisheries industries has been established within the Alabama Agricultural Experiment...
Five to be honored for contributions to Alabama agriculture
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association will honor five distinguished Alabama agriculturists during its 2012 Hall of Honor banquet Thursday, Feb. 23, at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center in Auburn beginning at 6:15...
MICHELE VITALE
Michele completed his MS in Rural Sociology at Auburn in 2007; his thesis analyzed the socio-economic, cultural and geographic barriers that Hispanic residents face to access primary care services in rural Georgia. He completed his PhD in Geography at Wilfrid Laurier...
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