by Paul Hollis | Jun 19, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
By Steve Li Cover crops can provide many benefits to peanut and cotton rotations in terms of suppressing weeds, conserving soil moisture for planting, increasing soil organic matter, reducing soil erosion and more. In fields where residual herbicides are used during...
by Paul Hollis | Jun 19, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Poultry Science
By Paul Hollis Have you ever bitten into your favorite fast-food chicken sandwich only to find the meat is tough and chewy? This could become a rarity, thanks to a process an Auburn University researcher is developing to rapidly detect poor meat quality in chicken...
by Paul Hollis | Jun 6, 2017 | Ag Land & Resource Management, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Ravali Bheemanathini Alabama has enough miles of rivers and streams to circle the earth five times, and for the past 25 years, a devoted group of citizen volunteers has worked to protect these bountiful water resources. The group is Alabama Water Watch, and as it...
by Paul Hollis | Jun 6, 2017 | AAES Administration, COA Administration
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University associate professor Bill Daniels has been named acting director of global programs for the College of Agriculture, effective June 1, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Director, AAES, Henry Fadamiro has announced. “Agriculture is...
by Jamie Creamer | May 30, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Cow-calf producers across the state will gain valuable insight on how to rebuild their herds successfully during the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences’ 2017 Beef Cattle Conference Saturday, Aug. 12, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Ham Wilson Livestock...
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by Paul Hollis | May 15, 2017 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Horticulture
By Paul Hollis While fruits and vegetables are undeniably good for the body, they’re also a major boost for Alabama’s economy, Auburn University and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station economists found in a recently completed analysis of the industry. “Specialty...
by Paul Hollis | May 15, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
By Austin Hagan Seed accounts for up to 20 percent of the total variable production cost for peanut producers, especially for larger-seeded cultivars such as Georgia-06. One option for saving money is to reduce seeding rates, but can this be done without negatively...
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by Paul Hollis | May 15, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Poultry Science
With the summer months approaching, the National Poultry Technology Center at Auburn University hosted about 80 poultry managers and technicians April 19 for a hands-on training seminar on hot-weather housing, ventilation and equipment issues. The event was the first...
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by Ashley Wiskirchen | May 12, 2017 | Poultry Science
Three nondescript structures that for decades have stood on Woodfield Drive just south of Auburn University’s main campus are on the university’s to-be-demolished list, but Department of Poultry Sciences faculty say the buildings have served the department and the...
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by Jamie Creamer | May 3, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
The Market at Ag Heritage Park kicks off its 2017 season Thursday, May 11, from 3 to 6 p.m. on the Auburn University campus and will be open every Thursday, same time and place, through Aug. 24. The weekly farmers market is held on the grounds of Ag Heritage Park’s...
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by Jamie Creamer | Apr 21, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Beth Guertal, a professor in Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been voted president-elect of the Crop Science Society of America, or CSSA, and will advance to the role of president at the organization’s 2018 meetings in...
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by Jamie Creamer | Apr 18, 2017 | Poultry Science
Penn State University’s Department of Animal Science has named Auburn University faculty member Joe Hess its Poultry Science Distinguished Alumnus for 2017. Hess, professor and extension specialist in Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science, will be honored during an...
by Jamie Creamer | Apr 17, 2017 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Horticulture, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
One of the earliest undergraduate degree programs available to students at what today is Auburn University will return fall semester 2017 when the College of Agriculture begins offering a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science. Auburn’s Department of Horticulture...
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by Jamie Creamer | Apr 17, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
By JAMIE CREAMER April 1 marked the launch of a free, online crop management tool designed to help cotton producers in Alabama and the Southeast get the upper hand on thrips, the region’s most consistent pests of seedling cotton. Developed at North Carolina State...
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by Josh Woods | Apr 17, 2017 | Biosystems Engineering
By PAUL HOLLIS In Alabama, farmers often say that, during the summer, they’re always 10 days away from being in a drought. So this past year, when some parts of the state went for more than 70 consecutive days without measurable rainfall, many—including farmers,...
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by Jamie Creamer | Apr 7, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Construction will begin this summer on three new College of Agriculture facilities that the Auburn University Board of Trustees signed off on at its April 7 meeting in Auburn. The project list includes an 8,150-square-foot administration building at the Charles C....
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by Jamie Creamer | Mar 31, 2017 | AAES Administration, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
A College of Agriculture master’s student and a recent graduate have been named 2017 recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The two—Edna Fernandez-Figueroa and April Maxwell—are among a record-setting 14 Auburn University students...
by William Cahalin | Mar 30, 2017 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
By Jamie Creamer An entomologist whose most recent findings as a senior research associate at Switzerland’s University of Bern suggest that two widely used pesticides act as unintended contraceptives in male honey bees has joined the Auburn University College of...
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by Jamie Creamer | Mar 23, 2017 | Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Horticulture
Amy Wright, horticulture professor and interim administrator in the College of Agriculture, has been named one of 10 recipients of Auburn University’s 2017 Spirit of Sustainability Awards. Wright is the Harry G. Ponder Endowed Professor of Horticulture at Auburn and...
by Jamie Creamer | Mar 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Auburn College of Agriculture students aim to increase the campus community’s awareness of the agricultural industry’s impact and importance in Alabama and far beyond during Auburn’s 12th annual Ag Week celebration Monday-Friday, March 27-31. The...
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by Jamie Creamer | Mar 21, 2017 | Animal Sciences
Kim Mullenix, assistant professor and extension specialist in Auburn’s Department of Animal Sciences, was recognized as the Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association’s 2016 Outstanding Extension Educator during the organization’s 2017 annual...
