by Jamie Creamer | Jul 15, 2016 | Animal Sciences, COA Administration
A one-day educational program for children and teens who own or have a passion for horses is set for Saturday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Auburn. Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. at the Stanley P. Wilson Beef Teaching Unit on the Auburn University campus. The fifth...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jul 4, 2016 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Maymester Abroad a peak of excellence in veteran professor’s career by JAMIE CREAMER In the pre-dawn hours of May 10, 2016, David Weaver and nine Auburn agriculture students flew out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for a trip halfway around the...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jul 1, 2016 | COA Communications
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON If you’ve ever wondered what’s become of some of the outstanding College of Ag students we’ve written about in the past, today is your lucky day. That’s because we’re going to catch up with two young alumni we introduced you to back in 2014,...
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by Josh Woods | Jun 23, 2016 | Ag Land & Resource Management, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Auburn Ag Online, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Development, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Information Technology, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
The Season, the official magazine of the Auburn University College of Agriculture, garnered first-place honors this week at the National Agriculture Alumni and Development Association’s awards competition. The award was presented in the magazine competition category...
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by Paul Hollis | Jun 20, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Poultry Science
by PAUL HOLLISAvian influenza—commonly known as bird flu or AIV—has proven to be a serious threat to poultry flocks worldwide, making it all the more important that researchers learn how it spreads to poultry farms.That’s the aim of continuing work by Auburn...
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by Paul Hollis | Jun 20, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, COA Communications, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
by PAUL HOLLISThe sequencing of the channel catfish genome—considered one of the major milestones in the annals of Auburn University research—has been detailed in an article published in the June 2 issue of Nature Communications, an international multidisciplinary...
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by Paul Hollis | Jun 20, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Alabama Cooperative Extension SystemAUBURN, Ala.—Golden fields lined rural highways in central and northern parts of the state this spring as producers add canola to crop rotations.Alabama Extension Crop Specialist Dennis Delaney said farmers are incorporating the...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jun 6, 2016 | Animal Sciences
Animal sciences alumna emulates mentor in job at Virginia Tech meat lab by JAMIE CREAMER Jordan Wicks’ eureka moment came one Sunday afternoon in 2008, on a road in Carbondale, Illinois. Wicks, a Southern Illinois University sophomore who had yet to decide on a major,...
by Jamie Creamer | Jun 6, 2016 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Horticulture
Andrej Svyantek, a master’s student in Auburn’s Department of Horticulture, has been awarded four scholarships totaling $9,500 in recent weeks to support his research on sustainable production of wine grapes in Alabama and the Southeast. The scholarships include: A...
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by Jamie Creamer | May 31, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering, Poultry Science
AUBURN, Ala.—Alabama’s largest agricultural industry is seeing construction begin this week on a comprehensive, state-of-the-art research and teaching facility at Auburn University. The university’s Department of Poultry Science and National Poultry Technology Center...
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by Ashley Wiskirchen | May 25, 2016 | Poultry Science
Kizmik McPherson began her undergraduate education at the University of Georgia as a pre-pharmacy major but soon realized the field she was most passionate about was food science. Today, McPherson is finishing up her Master of Science degree in food science in the...
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by Jamie Creamer | May 24, 2016 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Poultry Science
AUBURN, Ala.— Six research projects that aim to encourage and advance academic collaborations between Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researchers at Auburn University and scientists at Cuban agricultural universities and research centers are underway, funded...
by Jamie Creamer | May 23, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—The Department of Animal Sciences at Auburn University will host its 2016 Beef Cattle Conference Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Ham Wilson Livestock Arena on the Auburn campus. The conference, themed “Playing above the Curve: Innovations for the Cow-Calf...
by William Cahalin | May 12, 2016 | Alumni Stories
HIGHLIGHTS Education: Agricultural Communications Graduation: 2010 Current Position: Real Estate Assistant, Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Preferred Real Estate Current Location: Auburn, AL WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES? Rosa is earning her real estate license, shows...
by Paul Hollis | May 11, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, COA Communications
by PAUL HOLLISIn a new study published in the May 16 issue of the Journal of Public Health, Auburn University and Cornell University researchers found that product placement and packaging had a significant impact on what clients selected in a New York State food...
by Paul Hollis | May 11, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Poultry Science
Raising broiler chickens takes water—a lot of water. But rainwater harvesting could substantially reduce Alabama poultry growers’ dependence on municipal water sources or well water, reduce growers’ annual water bill by as much as $16,000 or more, and pay for itself...
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by Ashley Wiskirchen | May 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
From the moment Victoria Drouet Pratt (BS ’06, Poultry Science; DVM ’10) stepped on the Auburn University campus as a student, she knew her career goals to earn a bachelor’s degree in poultry science and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree were possible.The Cullman...
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by Paul Hollis | May 10, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
by RON SMITHThe first major insect we focus on during the cotton production season is thrips. Many have heard and read in recent years about the resistance of thrips to our available seed treatments.Where are we with this issue in Alabama?Just for background,...
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by Jamie Creamer | May 10, 2016 | AAES Administration, COA Administration, Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala.—Amy Wright, the Harry G. Ponder Endowed Professor of Horticulture in Auburn University’s Department of Horticulture, will assume the position of interim associate dean for instruction in the College of Agriculture at Auburn effective May 16, Dean Paul...
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by Ashley Wiskirchen | May 6, 2016 | Poultry Science
Robert N. Brewer joined the Auburn University Department of Poultry Science faculty in 1969 and served as department head from 1987 until his retirement in 2000. Brewer, who passed away in 2015, was instrumental in establishing numerous scholarship endowments that...
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by Josh Woods | May 5, 2016 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
David Cline, an Extension specialist in aquatic resources at Auburn University, is one of 125 volunteers recently awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award is a national honor offered in recognition of volunteer service by Winrock International. Cline...
