by Jamie Creamer | Dec 3, 2018 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature, Student Spotlight
By Jamie Creamer / Dec 3, 2018 5:31:00 PM Feature 2019 already is shaping up to be a super year for Wilson Morgan — a super year that starts with a trip to the Super Bowl. That’s the Auburn University junior’s grand prize for submitting the winning application and...
by Olivia Wilkes | Dec 3, 2018 | Global Programs, News, Research
By Olivia Wilkes / Dec 3, 2018 3:51:01 PM News The College of Agriculture held its inaugural “ThanksforGiving to AU research” breakfast on Nov. 20 to recognize visiting scholars and postdoctoral researchers and their contributions to the college. The college’s Office...
by Olivia Wilkes | Nov 6, 2018 | Animal Sciences, Feature, Student Spotlight
By Olivia Wilkes / Nov 6, 2018 4:44:42 PM Feature The hum of wet/dry vacuums mingles with pig grunts and squeals as Auburn University animal sciences pre-veterinarian junior Maegan Reeves approaches the pen of a curly-haired Mangalitsa pig and sticks a vacuum hose...
by Margaret Smith | Nov 6, 2018 | Animal Sciences, News
By Maggie Smith / Nov 6, 2018 2:21:34 PM News Auburn University’s College of Agriculture and College of Veterinary Medicine are offering two educational programs for horse enthusiasts Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. Horse Course, through the College of Veterinary Medicine, is...
by Margaret Smith | Oct 30, 2018 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, News
By Maggie Smith / Oct 30, 2018 4:43:48 PM News Zhaohu Li, an Auburn University College of Agriculture alumnus, has been named president of Huazhong Agricultural University, one of the top agricultural universities in China. The institution is located in Wuhan, the...
by Jamie Creamer | Oct 30, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, News, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Dennis DeVries and Rex Dunham, both professors in the College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, are among the Auburn University faculty members campuswide who have received prestigious honors as part of Auburn’s 2018 Faculty...
by Margaret Smith | Oct 29, 2018 | News, Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Maggie Smith / Oct 29, 2018 4:23:50 PM News Auburn University aquatic ecologist Alan Wilson and a team of biological, molecular and environmental scientists from three other U.S. institutions are taking on toxic cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae or pond...
by Jamie Creamer | Oct 24, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, News, Poultry Science, Research
Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has cleared the way for completion of the multi-unit Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center on the north Auburn campus, beginning with construction of an 18,800-square-foot poultry processing plant on the...
by Paul Hollis | Oct 16, 2018 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature, Research
By Paul Hollis / Oct 16, 2018 2:09:04 PM Feature Auburn University researchers are leading a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy project that promises to improve fuel efficiency and economy. The project will create a bio-based fuel additive that can be blended with...
by Margaret Smith | Oct 2, 2018 | E.T. York Lecturer Series, News
By Maggie Smith / Oct 2, 2018 2:28:13 PM News A University of California, Berkeley, economist will discuss the risks versus the benefits of genetically modifying foods and crops when he presents the Fall 2018 E.T. York Distinguished Lecture Monday, Oct. 22, at 4 p.m....
by Margaret Smith | Oct 2, 2018 | News, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Maggie Smith / Oct 2, 2018 2:24:41 PM News Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Business Institute will host a commercial aquaponics workshop Tuesday-Thursday, Oct. 23-25, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day, at...
by Josh Woods | Oct 1, 2018 | Feature, Horticulture, Outreach
By Karen Hunley / Oct 1, 2018 3:36:28 PM Feature The College of Agriculture’s Department of Horticulture is giving back to the community by helping educate Opelika elementary students on gardening practices and at the same time addressing food insecurity in...
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by Jamie Creamer | Sep 25, 2018 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Joshua Duke, currently professor of applied economics and statistics at the University of Delaware, will join the Auburn University College of Agriculture on March 1, 2019, as Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology chair and professor. College of...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 25, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Feature, Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Paul Hollis / Sep 25, 2018 3:27:30 PM Feature Auburn University’s Aquaponics Working Group has a new vision for U.S. aquaculture, one that includes far more predictability and efficiency than today’s timeworn models of commercial fish production. “Need is the...
by Margaret Smith | Sep 21, 2018 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, News
By Maggie Smith / Sep 21, 2018 2:08:00 PM News Joshua Duke, currently professor of applied economics and statistics at the University of Delaware, will join the Auburn University College of Agriculture on March 1, 2019, as the Department of Agricultural Economics and...
by Jamie Creamer | Aug 31, 2018 | College of Agriculture, News
Auburn University’s College of Agriculture and Agricultural Alumni Association will co-host the 39th annual Ag Roundup Saturday, Sept. 29, at Ag Heritage Park ahead of the Auburn Tigers’ 2018 homecoming game against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. Activities...
by Margaret Smith | Aug 28, 2018 | Animal Sciences, Feature
By Maggie Smith / Aug 28, 2018 3:05:47 PM Feature Ask Auburn Equestrian head coach Greg Williams what makes Jessica Braswell such a special associate head coach, and he has one answer: Passion. That passion began when Braswell was just 4 years old. “When I took my...
by Margaret Smith | Aug 28, 2018 | Horticulture, News
By Maggie Smith / Aug 28, 2018 2:33:58 PM Mahnaz Kargar, a Department of Horticulture doctoral candidate working under the direction of professor Floyd Woods, won a second-place U.P. Hedrick Award during competition held as part of the American Pomological Society’s...
by Margaret Smith | Aug 1, 2018 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Student Spotlight
By Maggie Smith / Aug 31, 2018 2:33:58 PM Auburn rural sociology graduate students Lindy Olive and James Patterson III claimed two of the three master’s thesis awards the Rural Sociological Society presented during its recent annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. As...
by Jamie Creamer | Jul 31, 2018 | News, Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
A 32-foot raw bar boasting 5,000 premium farm-raised oysters drew hundreds of oyster lovers to Ag Heritage Park earlier this year for the 2018 Alabama Oyster Social. In addition to emptying all 5,000 half shells, attendees also raised $45,000 to support Auburn...
by Margaret Smith | Jul 31, 2018 | Farming, News
By Maggie Smith / Jul 31, 2018 10:34:38 AM News With the ever-growing concern over food safety among consumers of fresh fruits and vegetables, producers soon will have to adjust to stricter regulations and regular inspections on their farms. In 2011, Congress passed...
