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From the Coastal Plain to the Black Belt, Alabama cattle producers are utilizing forage systems to their advantage to meet the challenges of modern agriculture. Alabama ranks 17th nationally in beef cattle, according to the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association. Alabama...
Recent graduate Ali Boardwine received a particularly special accolade before graduating on May 11 with a Bachelor of Science in bioprocess engineering and minors in business and public health. The Career Discovery and Success office within the Office of the Provost...
Hosted by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, The Market at Ag Heritage Park is an open-air, growers-only farmers market offering fresh, locally grown fruits...
Advises future ag students to get involved The spring 2025 graduation marshal for the Auburn University College of Agriculture is a familiar face around Comer Hall....
William Batchelor has been tapped as the new director of the Auburn University Water Resources Center, effective immediately. As director, he will lead a team of...
Two faculty members from the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology are being honored nationally for their published works. Assistant Professor Wenying Li has received the 2022 Best Economics Paper in Food Safety and...
An Auburn University researcher’s project is part of a $16.2 million U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) effort to address breeding crops for the future. The Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production program area...
By Mike Jernigan Why major in agriculture today? There are many reasons, and some of them have a certain degree of urgency. Food insecurity is one of the greatest problems facing our planet. Solving the problems of producing more food in an increasingly hungry world...
You’ve heard of farm-to-fork restaurants. At Auburn, we offer rooftop to fork, and it’s only an elevator ride away. Atop the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center, adjacent to Ag Hill on the Auburn campus, lies an entirely edible rooftop garden operated by...
There’s lot of waste in this land of plenty, with an estimated 30% of the edible food produced annually in the U.S. being wasted. This amounts to more than 133 billion pounds and $160 billion worth of food, with a significant portion wasted at the consumer level. This...
You asked, we answered. Shipping is now available for the Auburn Agriculture Merch Store, and orders will start to roll out beginning early next week. While the store launched in January for in-store pickups, we didn’t forget about all those comments and questions...
With scientific research and discovery occurring at a dizzying rate, it’s difficult to imagine there are frontiers yet to be fully explored, but the microbiome is one. While microbiomes have always existed, little is known about their function in plants and animals....
An internationally recognized cotton breeder has been selected as the next head of the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences in the Auburn University College of Agriculture. Steven Hague, most recently a professor in the Department of Soil and Crop...
Auburn University will confer degrees upon hundreds of new alumni the weekend of May 6, and the College of Agriculture is proud of its exceptional members of the 2023 graduating class. Read below about seven who excelled during their time here and are headed on to...
The Market at Ag Heritage Park, operated by the College of Agriculture, is back for the summer. Beginning May 25, vendors will set up at Ag Heritage Park with fresh local produce and other farm-made products every Thursday from 3-6 p.m. Zac Jones, research associate...
What happens in a wetland? It’s a simple question with a not-so-simple answer that Auburn University graduate student Olivia LeFevre started studying as an undergraduate under the direction of Associate Professor Thorsten Knappenberger. “I came to Dr. Knappenberger...
An Auburn University associate professor and Extension specialist has been appointed to the USDA National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). “I am honored to accept this appointment to the USDA National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry...
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023 Spring GRADUATES! The College of Agriculture announces its spring 2023 graduates. The commencement ceremony for the College of Agriculture will be held on Saturday, May 6, at 6 p.m. We would like to recognize the dedication and perseverance...
The agriculture industry in the United States is one of the most vulnerable to climate change because of its reliance on favorable weather. Because of this, an Auburn University researcher is seeking to fill a need for rigorous, quantitative evidence of how cover...
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 11 a.m. in Comer Hall room 207. With 410.7k followers on TikTok and 198k followers on Instagram,...
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 playing a pivotal role in combating a disease that is threatening major tree crops around the world....
As Congress begins debating a new Farm Bill — including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — an Auburn University research project reveals one of the effects of stricter work requirements for participating in SNAP. SNAP provides nutrition benefits to...
This past year, Auburn University’s College of Agriculture announced the availability of state-funded research and equipment purchase capital for fiscal year 2023. These competitively awarded grants were offered through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station...
Auburn University is one of four U.S. universities to share in a nearly $2.8 million grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The award is part of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative-Foundational Knowledge of Agricultural...
By Brian Wesley and Kristen Bowman Gregory N. Whitis, Auburn alumnus and retired fisheries extension specialist, has printed the second and final edition of the late E.W. Shell’s “The Evolution of the Auburn University Fisheries Program.” The 800-page book includes...
The 2023 Women in Agriculture Luncheon, hosted by the College of Agriculture at Auburn University, will feature distinguished alumna, writer and horticulturalist Abra Lee. The luncheon will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Auburn Hotel and Conference...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Auburn poultry scientist Joe Giambrone receives high honor for poultry disease research
Auburn university crop & soil sciences undergrad claims four first-place wins in WSSA’s 2019 WeedOlympics
Auburn extension specialists Kim Mullenix & Ayanava Majumdar were honored for their work at the Alabama Farmers Federation Aug. 1.
Marel Poultry donates a processing system to Auburn University’s Miller Center in Alabama, USA. Essential to poultry processing research.
Auburn University’s College of Agriculture will host USDA deputy under secretary Scott Hutchins for its York Lecture Series Sept. 26.
Auburn poultry scientist Sarge Bilgili accepts 2019 Poultry Science Association Distinguished Poultry Industry Career Award
Horticultural experts at Auburn University are part of an innovative health study that uses gardening as a cancer intervention.
AAES researcher Manuel F. Chamorro, assistant professor of food animal medicine and surgery in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is working on a PAR initiative to help fight the leading cause of death in nursing beef calves older than three weeks of age.
USDA under secretary cites Auburn research in Senate testimony
Biosystems engineering represented well at ASABE international meeting
Horticulture department hosts workshop for Alabama agriscience teachers at Auburn
Beekeepers across the U.S. lost 40.7% of their managed honey bee colonies from April 1, 2018, to April 1, 2019, and experienced the highest rate of winter loss in 13 years, preliminary results of the annual nationwide colony loss survey show.
Henry Kinnucan and Brittney Goodrich, agricultural economists in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, comment on the heavy rain and floods affecting U.S. corn farmers, especially in the Midwest, who face delayed planting. Consumers also face rising grocery and ethanol prices as a result of the delayed planting.
Matthew Waters, assistant professor in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, and Liz Smith, academic advisor in the same department, are the respective winners of the Auburn University Parents’ Association 2018-19 Faculty and Staff Awards.
Pilgrim’s makes $500,000 gift to Auburn’s Miller Poultry Research and Education Center