by William Cahalin | Feb 17, 2015 | AL Cooperative Extension, Animal Sciences, Outreach, Research
Horses which have been used heavily all summer, but will be used sparingly during fall and winter need to be properly conditioned for this change. Horses at maintenance or doing light work have reduced energy requirements from hard working horses, and there is no need...
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by Jaden Brown | Feb 16, 2015 | Animal Sciences
Christy Bratcher, an associate professor in Auburn’s Department of Animal Sciences, received the Outstanding Young Animal Scientist Education Award during the annual meeting of the American Society of Animal Science Southern Section, held Jan. 31 – Feb. 3, 2015....
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by Jaden Brown | Feb 16, 2015 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
A faculty member and four graduate students in the Auburn Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences received awards at the Southern Branch – American Society of Agronomy annual meeting in Atlanta, Feb. 1-3. Associate professor Julie Howe, recognized as an...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 2, 2015 | Poultry Science
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announced last week that Sacit F. “Sarge” Bilgili, a professor in the Auburn University Department of Poultry Science, is the recipient of the 2015 Charles Beard Research Excellence Award. Bilgili’s selection was based on his...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 2, 2015 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Fisheries researcher’s largemouth bass study is a big deal for Alabama’s economy by MARY CATHERINE GASTON video by NATHAN KELLY If you’ve never daydreamed of hooking a trophy bass or experienced the thrill of reeling in a “monster,” then you probably don’t...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 2, 2015 | Horticulture
Hort professor, Auburn oaks spokesman helps select replacement trees by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY From among 9,000 mature live oaks that are growing on a South Carolina tree plantation that encompasses five times more acreage than Auburn University’s main...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 27, 2015 | Biosystems Engineering
A team of Auburn University researchers is looking to create new markets and job opportunities in forestry, an industry that generates more than $21 billion in this state annually and employs more than 122,000 Alabamians. Led by Sushil Adhikari of Auburn’s Department...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 22, 2015 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
Ron Smith, professor emeritus of entomology and extension entomologist at Auburn University, and recent Auburn Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology master’s graduate Julian Golec have been awarded top honors for their contributions to the field of integrated...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
The College of Agriculture’s E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series, in conjunction with Auburn University’s Littleton-Franklin Lectures, will present Harvard Medical School professor and Nobel Prize recipient Jack Szostak delivering a lecture titled “The Origins of...
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by Josh Woods | Jan 16, 2015 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
Two graduate students in plant pathology claimed top prizes for research presentations they made at the recent international Beltwide Cotton Conference in New Orleans. Amber Smith won first place, and Caroline Land placed second. Both students are currently completing...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 13, 2015 | Animal Sciences, Poultry Science
Students create winning recipe for new retail beef product This is likely the most original recipe Ag Illustrated has ever featured. It is the brainchild of animal sciences senior Judson Smith and poultry science majors Chalsey Burt, Daniel Thornton and Jamie...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 12, 2015 | Animal Sciences
Couple find their life’s work, each other as animals sciences majors by MARY CATHERINE GASTON On any given weekday, Auburn’s Lambert-Powell Meats Lab on Shug Jordan Parkway is a great place to find good deals on a variety of quality meat products. The lab is also a...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 8, 2015 | Animal Sciences
Auburn equine scientist’s passion for winter horse care a social media sensation by MARY CATHERINE GASTON Each year about this time, Betsy Wagner starts fielding the same troublesome question from horse owners around Alabama: “When do I need to blanket my horse?” An...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 8, 2015 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON Chef David Bancroft is tireless in his efforts to find the best ingredients for the fresh, new interpretations of Southern classics he cooks up in his kitchen at Acre restaurant in Auburn. He’s so committed to sourcing those ingredients as...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 8, 2015 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
by JAMIE CREAMER House flies are much more than mere nuisances. In adult form, they carry and transmit more than 100 serious human and animal diseases, including salmonellosis, anthrax, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, cholera and diarrhea. They also spread pinworms,...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 8, 2015 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
by JAMIE CREAMER “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” —Danielle Tadych OK, maybe she didn’t coin that phrase, but if anyone has ever epitomized it, it’s Danielle Tadych (TAD-itch). “There’ve been times in my life when I really wanted to do something and I’d say, ‘I...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 7, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
by JAMIE CREAMER Auburn University plant breeder Edzard van Santen is using a $402,500 competitive grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an improved variety of a non-bloating forage legume that could help beef producers across...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 6, 2015 | Horticulture
Auburn University professor Dave Williams has been selected as head of the Department of Horticulture, effective Feb. 1, Dean and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Director Bill Batchelor has announced. “Dr. Williams brings to this position extensive experience...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 5, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Enrollment in Auburn’s College of Agriculture for fall semester 2014 hit a record 1,355 students, a number that includes the most undergraduates ever—1,079—as well as 276 graduate students. Again for 2014-15 academic year, male students are in the minority on Ag Hill,...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Dec 15, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
The Alabama Farmers Federation has presented its 2014 Service to Agriculture Award to Jim Bannon, director emeritus of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station’s outlying units. The farm organization awarded Bannon its highest honor in recognition of his diligent...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Dec 3, 2014 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.— Dr. Bill Batchelor, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, announced recipients of the 2014 college and experiment station faculty and staff awards during a reception Tuesday, December 2 at the...
