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by Jamie Creamer | Dec 1, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Auburn University plant pathology professor Kira Bowen’s major scientific accomplishments in the field of plant disease epidemiology have earned her two of the Penn State University College of Agricultural Sciences’ highest honors: a 2017 Outstanding Alumni award and...
by William Cahalin | Nov 30, 2017 | Animal Sciences, Donor Impact Stories
By Laura Cauthen / Nov 30, 2017 10:49:24 AM In actions that will strengthen two College of Agriculture academic and research programs, Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has cleared the way for construction to begin on a new, $2.9 million equine barn at the Auburn...
by William Cahalin | Nov 21, 2017 | Alumni Stories
By Laura Cauthen / Nov 21, 2017 10:50:10 AM News The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association paid tribute to five Alabamians who have had a major impact on Alabama agriculture during its 2018 Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor banquet Thursday, Feb. 8, at the...
by Laura Cauthen | Nov 20, 2017 | Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Laura Cauthen / Nov 20, 2017 2:01:43 PM News Auburn researchers will use an almost $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a novel vaccine that would effectively and economically control one of the most serious bacterial infections in the...
by Laura Cauthen | Nov 20, 2017 | AL Cooperative Extension
By Laura Cauthen / Nov 20, 2017 2:23:32 PM The Alabama Cooperative Extension System will hold a series of Alabama Agriculture Outlook meetings across the state in December and January. The Farm and Agribusiness Management team will update farmers, producers and...
by William Cahalin | Nov 20, 2017 | Animal Sciences, Research
By Laura Cauthen / Nov 20, 2017 3:29:30 PM News When Columbia University biophysicist Joachim Frank was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry this fall, Auburn University researchers Jacek and Iwona Wower did a high-five—figuratively, if not literally. That’s...
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by Paul Hollis | Nov 17, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
By Eddie McGriff McMichen Farm has become the first farm in Alabama to make and break the 100-bushel soybean barrier with just more than 102 bushels per acre. The Cherokee County farm—located near Centre in northeast Alabama—has been in the McMichen family since 1842....
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by Paul Hollis | Nov 17, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Paul Hollis Auburn researchers will use an almost $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a novel vaccine that would effectively and economically control one of the most serious bacterial infections in the aquaculture industry today. Columnaris...
by Ashley Wiskirchen | Nov 2, 2017 | Poultry Science
By Ashley Wiskirchen In the midst of Auburn University’s “125 Years of Auburn Women” celebration, the Poultry Science Club hosted three successful young Department of Poultry Science alumnae who now work at Aviagen were back on campus in October. The three,...
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by Paul Hollis | Oct 16, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Feature, Horticulture
By Elina Coneva In a long-term research project, 11 grape varieties tolerant to a dangerous disease threat were planted and evaluated for their suitability to Alabama environmental conditions. The Pierce’s disease-tolerant American and French-American hybrid bunch...
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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...
