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Three students receive presidential awards

Three students in the College of Agriculture recently received distinguished honors from the Auburn University President’s Office. Savannah Busby received the Presidential Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, a highly competitive opportunity awarded to only a few incoming...

Taylor named head of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Following a national search, Mykel Taylor was named head of the Auburn University Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, effective April 15. She had served as interim head of the department since fall 2024. “Dr. Taylor’s effective leadership, along...

Innovating solutions to agricultural challenges

Innovating solutions to agricultural challenges

A team of both doctoral and undergraduate biosystems engineering students is tackling the age-old problem of precise fertilizer application with cutting-edge drone technology. According to NASA, they’re tackling it well.

Kumar awarded LEAP Summer Momentum Fellowship

Sudhanshu Kumar, a Ph.D. student in the Hydroclimate Research Group within the Department of Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, has been selected for the 2025 LEAP Summer Momentum Fellowship — a prestigious and highly competitive opportunity for doctoral...
Auburn ag students hosted Texas A&M peers

Auburn ag students hosted Texas A&M peers

By Taylor Edwards Friday Nov. 11, before the Auburn vs. Texas A&M football game, Ag Council and Ag Peer Mentors hosted a tailgate for members of Texas A&M’s COALS council and College of Agriculture students. The COALS council made the trip to Auburn to engage...

Student named to national FFA officer team

Student named to national FFA officer team

A student in the Auburn University College of Agriculture who was a 2019-2020 Alabama state Future Farmers of America officer was selected as a member of the Nominating Committee for the 2022-2023 National Future Farmers of America officer team. Ka’Shiya McKinney is a...

Alumni return for student-for-a-day experience

Alumni return for student-for-a-day experience

By Vanna Dupree For the first time, the College of Agriculture at Auburn University invited alumni to return to campus to experience a day in the life of an Auburn agriculture student once again. The Student-for-a-Day Alumni Experience invited guests to attend a...

Roof on the Rane

Roof on the Rane

The College of Agriculture at Auburn University proudly presents "Roof on the Rane" as part of its series of mini documentaries. Join us atop the roof of Auburn's latest and greatest building. The Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center is a world-class...

Auburn alumni group to honor five agricultural leaders

Auburn alumni group to honor five agricultural leaders

Auburn University’s College of Agriculture and Agricultural Alumni Association will recognize and celebrate five Alabamians for their significant contributions to the state’s agriculture industry through the years during the 2019 Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor banquet.

John Canfield

John Canfield is a Ph.D. student in the Sociology program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2019, he received his M.S. in Rural Sociology at Auburn University, where his research focused on the financialization of farmland in rural Illinois. His advisor was...