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by Paul Hollis | Oct 16, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature
By Derek Herscovici Alabama is home to many pests, and as of 2010 it was introduced to a new one, Halyomorpha halys, a.k.a. the brown marmorated stink bug, or BMSB. Whenever a new species is introduced, this presents the opportunity for research; for entomology grad...
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by Paul Hollis | Oct 16, 2017 | AAES Administration, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature
By Paul Hollis The latest numbers tell the irrigation story: In Alabama, only 15 percent of the land currently available for farming is irrigated, a far cry from Mississippi’s 61 percent of cropland and Georgia’s 40 percent. Over time, that lack of irrigation...
by Paul Hollis | Oct 6, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Auburn agronomist Trey Cutts, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences assistant professor and extension cotton specialist, is one of seven University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences graduates that the college’s alumni...
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by Jamie Creamer | Oct 3, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Two annual College of Agriculture events that put the spotlight on agriculture in general and Alabama agriculture in particular drew a combined 5,300-plus attendees on back-to-back hot-and-humid Saturdays in September. More than 3,000 of those folks—3,001, to be...
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by Jamie Creamer | Sep 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Auburn University’s College of Agriculture will recognize World Food Day 2017 on Monday, Oct. 16, with a free, on-campus screening of the film “Food Evolution.” The Auburn campus and community are invited to the screening, set for 5:30 p.m. in the Foy Hall Auditorium....
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by Jamie Creamer | Sep 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
The United Nations food and agriculture agency’s top negotiator with the U.S. and Canadian governments will challenge the Auburn campus and community to help eliminate malnutrition, hunger and food insecurity worldwide when he delivers the fall 2017 E.T. York...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 18, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn Ag Online, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
An innovative contract between the College of Agriculture at Auburn University and the International Fertilizer Development Center, or IFDC, Auburn University College of Agriculture Dean Paul Patterson and J. Scott Angle, president and CEO of the International...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 18, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences
By Paul Hollis The seeds for Paul Dyce’s animal science research were planted early in his life, while working on the family farm in Ontario, Canada. “I was raised on a beef cattle farm and was directly involved with developing our heifers,” says the assistant...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 18, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
By Paul Hollis From a new, high-yielding peanut variety to advanced weapons against a menacing weed species, Auburn University researchers showcased a broad range of their work during Alabama 2nd District Congresswoman Martha Roby’s recent tour of the Wiregrass...
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by Jamie Creamer | Sep 8, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration
Two faculty members in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture have assumed leadership roles at separate multidisciplinary Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station research, education and development centers on the Auburn campus. Animal sciences associate professor...
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by Josh Woods | Aug 23, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Folks of all ages can experience 21st century agriculture firsthand when they head to Auburn University’s E.V. Smith Research Center in Shorter Saturday, Sept. 23, for the sixth annual Ag Discovery Adventure. The free, family-oriented event will run from 9 a.m. to 2...
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by Jamie Creamer | Aug 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Fall Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture, better known as Ag Roundup, will celebrate its 38th year on the Auburn University campus homecoming Saturday, Sept. 16. The event will get underway at 11 a.m. at Ag Heritage Park and run until 2 p.m., an hour before...
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by Paul Hollis | Aug 14, 2017 | AAES Administration, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Paul Hollis Long-term research is vital to the future of U.S. production agriculture, but farmers can’t always afford to wait for solutions to their most pressing problems. That’s why a new Auburn University funding program is providing shorter-term grants that...
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by Paul Hollis | Aug 14, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
By Paul Hollis The Central Alabama Crops Tour has been an annual happening on the region’s farm scene for just shy of 40 years now, with Auburn University researchers and extension specialists and county and regional agents updating producers on the latest in...
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by Paul Hollis | Aug 10, 2017 | AAES Administration, Ag Land & Resource Management, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Horticulture
By Jamie Creamer The College of Agriculture has launched a project to establish a highly productive, on-campus teaching garden that will give greater visibility to active agricultural fieldwork at Auburn and enhance the legacy of the historic Old Rotation. Faculty...
by Josh Woods | Aug 9, 2017 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Beth Guertal, professor of turfgrass and nutrient management in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been named the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s first Rowe Endowed Professor. The endowed professorship was established by 1978...
by Jamie Creamer | Aug 2, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Auburn University plant pathology professor Austin Hagan is the 2017 recipient of the American Peanut Research and Education Society’s Coyt T. Wilson Distinguished Service Award. He was presented the award in July during the society’s annual meeting in Albuquerque,...
by Paul Hollis | Jul 18, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Zhanjiang “John” Liu—Auburn University’s associate provost and associate vice president for research, and a professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences—was named a Fellow of the World Aquaculture Society at its annual meeting, held June...
by Paul Hollis | Jul 18, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
By Paul Hollis A research team led by Auburn University is working to help peanut farmers maintain and improve their production in a changing environment that’s certain to include increasingly limited water resources. “Adequate water availability for all crops is an...
by Paul Hollis | Jul 18, 2017 | AAES Administration, Ag Land & Resource Management, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Paul Hollis By most any standard, a $1.85 return on an initial investment of $1 is a good deal. According to a recent study, that’s what federal investments into agricultural research pay back through additional investments from state, local and private-sector...
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by Jamie Creamer | Jul 5, 2017 | Biosystems Engineering, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Three College of Agriculture faculty members have been awarded promotions, and one of the three also has been recognized university-wide for his exemplary support of undergraduate student researchers. The latter is Sushil Adhikari in the Department of Biosystems...
