by William Cahalin | Jan 17, 2018 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories
James H. Patterson III is the Geographical Information System (GIS) Analyst for the Department of Information Technology for Clayton County in Georgia. In this role, he manages all technical aspects of Geographical Information Systems for emergency services in the...
by Josh Woods | Jan 10, 2018 | College of Agriculture, Donor Impact Stories
By Joshua Woods / Jan 10, 2018 4:39:22 PM News The Campus Food Pantry, a service available to financially struggling students, is starting off the year well-stocked, thanks to the College of Agriculture’s Agriculture Student Council, better known as Ag Council. Ag...
by William Cahalin | Jan 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Joshua Woods / Jan 10, 2018 4:03:57 PM News Auburn University research and Extension will be a central focus of “Spotlight on Agriculture,” an upcoming Alabama Public Television documentary series about the state’s agricultural industry. The series will debut on...
by William Cahalin | Jan 3, 2018 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories
Lindy Olive is a research project coordinator at Northwestern University. She manages projects related to how women spend their time in a day (the 24-hour cycle) and outcomes for cardiovascular health. While at Auburn, she focused on local food systems, meal kits for...
by William Cahalin | Jan 1, 2018 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories
Karl Galloway currently serves as the Cultural Resource Specialist for the Alabama Bicentennial Commission. In this capacity he promotes historical and cultural events throughout the state, and assists smaller municipalities in organizing their own celebrations. He...
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by Jamie Creamer | Dec 19, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Thirty Auburn University College of Agriculture employees won top honors for their outstanding accomplishments and dedicated service throughout the year during the college’s 2017 faculty and staff awards program in Auburn in December. “These individuals have truly...
by Jamie Creamer | Dec 19, 2017 | College of Agriculture, News
By Jamie Creamer / Dec 19, 2017 10:35:24 AM Thirty Auburn University College of Agriculture employees won top honors for their outstanding accomplishments and dedicated service throughout the year during the college’s 2017 faculty and staff awards program in Auburn in...
by William Cahalin | Dec 19, 2017 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
By Jamie Creamer / Dec 19, 2017 9:03:11 AM Deacue Fields, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology professor and chair at Auburn, has accepted a position as dean of the University of Arkansas’s Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life...
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by Jamie Creamer | Dec 6, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration
The Auburn Agricultural Alumni Association will salute 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 Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel and Conference Center. Three of...
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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...
