by Margaret Smith | Jul 31, 2018 | Horticulture, News
By Maggie Smith / Jul 31, 2018 10:15:02 AM Desmond Layne, Auburn University Department of Horticulture professor and head, has been selected as a 2018 fellow by the American Society for Horticultural Science. The society is one of the most respected and influential...
by Jamie Creamer | Jul 31, 2018 | Alumni Stories, News
By Jamie Creamer / Jul 31, 2018 8:57:40 AM Food Science Alumni, News Gerri Santos-Norris isn’t going to sugarcoat anything. She isn’t about to tell you that going back to school after an almost 20-year hiatus is a piece of cake. What she will tell you is that, more...
by Jamie Creamer | Jul 30, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, News, Outreach, Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Jamie Creamer / Jul 30, 2018 1:22:16 PM Auburn University marine scientist Bill Walton, one of the driving forces behind the Gulf Coast’s up-and-coming off-bottom oyster-farming industry, has landed a $456,646 federal grant to help ensure that farmed oysters bound...
by Margaret Smith | Jul 30, 2018 | News
By Maggie Smith / Jul 30, 2018 9:24:52 AM The third installment of Alabama Public Television’s documentary series on Auburn agriculture will air Aug. 27 at 9 p.m. CDT. The episode will highlight Auburn’s research and extension efforts in plant-based food production....
by Paul Hollis | Jul 27, 2018 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Farming, Feature
Jul 27, 2018 10:55:58 AM Feature By Paul Hollis Farmers will need to change their management strategies over the next few decades to adapt to impending climate extremes, according to a study recently published by researchers at Auburn University and Pennsylvania State...
by Jamie Creamer | Jul 18, 2018 | AL Cooperative Extension, Forestry & Wildlife, News
J. Mike Phillips, head of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at Mississippi State University, will join Auburn University Aug. 15 as associate dean for Extension in the College of Agriculture and assistant director for agriculture, forestry and natural resource...
by Margaret Smith | Jul 2, 2018 | Auburn University Food Systems Institute, Feature, Research
By Maggie Smith / Jul 2, 2018 1:53:46 PM Feature The local foods movement continues to grow in the U.S., with an increasing number of consumers wanting to know where their food comes from, connecting with the families producing it, and buying products at farmers...
by Laura Cauthen | Jun 25, 2018 | Animal Sciences, News
By Laura Cauthen / Jun 25, 2018 1:43:48 PM News Cow-calf producers across the state will gain valuable insight on how to overcome challenges in the cattle business during the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences’ 2018 Beef Cattle Conference Saturday, Aug....
by Paul Hollis | Jun 21, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Research
Jun 21, 2018 10:27:58 AM News By Paul Hollis Cost and efficiency are high on the list of concerns for Alabama farmers and equally high on the list of priorities for Auburn University researchers. The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station’s Production Agriculture...
by Jamie Creamer | Jun 19, 2018 | News, Research
Jun 19, 2018 1:35:20 PM News by Jamie Creamer College students who participate in hands-on, faculty-mentored research en route to their bachelor’s degrees cite multiple personal and professional benefits the experience delivers, from strengthening their...
by William Cahalin | Jun 19, 2018 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories
Dalton Richardson received an MS in Rural Sociology at Auburn University before joining the Sociology PhD program at the University of Oregon, where he is currently a Graduate Teaching Fellow. His research interests include rural life in the United States,...
by Jamie Creamer | Jun 14, 2018 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
College students who participate in hands-on, faculty-mentored research en route to their bachelor’s degrees cite multiple personal and professional benefits the experience delivers, from strengthening their time-management, critical-thinking and communication skills...
by Paul Hollis | Jun 4, 2018 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature, Poultry Science, Research
Jun 4, 2018 10:38:15 AM Feature By Paul Hollis The poultry industry in Alabama contributes more than $15 billion to the state’s economy each year, but along with the revenue and jobs, it also produces about 1.8 million tons of waste, or litter, annually. Ensuring this...
by Laura Cauthen | Jun 4, 2018 | News, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Laura Cauthen / Jun 4, 2018 10:29:30 AM News Bill Deutsch, a retired Auburn University aquatic ecologist who has spent almost three decades exploring, restoring and championing Alabama’s 132,000 miles of rivers and streams, will unveil his debut book, Alabama...
by Laura Cauthen | May 30, 2018 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, News
By Laura Cauthen / May 30, 2018 4:09:34 PM News The Auburn University College of Agriculture and the City of Auburn are teaming up to host Bee Auburn 2018 June 18 – 22. The week, which coincides with National Pollinator Week 2018, celebrates pollinators and their...
by Laura Cauthen | May 29, 2018 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Lawn & Garden, News
By Laura Cauthen / May 29, 2018 4:23:35 PM News The nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of their managed honey bee colonies between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, an increase of almost 7 percentage points from the previous year’s total loss rate, results of an...
by Laura Cauthen | May 29, 2018 | Animal Sciences, Feature, Student Spotlight
By Laura Cauthen / May 29, 2018 3:58:18 PM Feature Sometimes when you think you’ve got life all mapped out, providence sends you in a different direction. Grady Smith, senior pastor of Gateway Baptist Church in Montgomery, knows all about that kind of journey. Smith...
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by Jamie Creamer | May 23, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature, Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala. — The nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of their managed honey bee colonies between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, an increase of almost 7 percentage points from the previous year’s total loss rate, results of an annual nationwide survey show....
by Laura Cauthen | May 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Laura Cauthen / May 3, 2018 12:14:06 PM News Bee Campus USA recently announced Auburn University as the first university in Alabama to be certified as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, designed to marshal the strengths of educational campuses for the...
by Jamie Creamer | May 2, 2018 | Biosystems Engineering, Donor Impact Stories, Feature, Poultry Science
A $500,000 gift to Auburn University’s College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama–based D&F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center, located...
by Laura Cauthen | May 2, 2018 | Alumni Stories, Feature
By Laura Cauthen / May 2, 2018 12:20:09 PM Feature In the fall of 1948, four young boys, John E. Horne (BS ag education ’52) of Alabaster, Harry W. Houston (BS animal husbandry ’52) of Hartselle, Hanchey E. “Mickey” Logue (BS journalism ’52) of Auburn and Ralph J....
