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...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Dec 2, 2014 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
AUBURN, Alabama–Registration for the Alabama Extension 2014 Corn and Wheat Short Course is now open. This year’s workshop is set for December 15-16 and will be held at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. The conference will feature a...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Dec 2, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON video by NATHAN KELLY What do the U.S. Department of Defense, arts and crafts tycoon Martha Stewart and College of Agriculture researcher David Blersch have in common? All three are embracing a new technology known as 3D printing to advance...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Dec 1, 2014 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
by JAMIE CREAMER It’s a safe bet that no one has ever called Cuba native Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana a conformist. That’s not in his DNA. From an early age, he was a threat to orchestrate mischief and flirt like crazy with danger. And who knows what might have become of...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Dec 1, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering
AUBURN, Ala.— Sushil Adhikari, an associate professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering and an Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) researcher, has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the world’s most influential minds. In a report titled...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Dec 1, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON artwork by ASHLEY WISKIRCHEN If you’ve ever driven past the E.V. Smith Research Center near Tallassee on your way to an Auburn football game, you may have wondered what exactly the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station is. Made up of...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Nov 26, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn University professor, researcher and Extension specialist Dale Monks has been named director of research operations for outlying units of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Dean and Director Bill Batchelor has announced. The appointment...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Nov 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association recently announced the 2015 inductees into the Alabama Agricultural Hall of Honor and the 2015 Pioneer Award recipients. The five will be recognized for their contributions to Alabama agriculture...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Nov 24, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.— Auburn University College of Agriculture associate professor and Extension specialist Stephen Enloe, along with Nancy Loewenstein, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences research fellow, published a new study that reports significant progress in the...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Nov 17, 2014 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
by NATHAN KELLY Auburn’s turfgrass management degree program, housed in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, is one of the oldest and best in the nation. What sets the program apart? Find out in this short video featuring faculty members Dr....
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Nov 13, 2014 | Animal Sciences
by PAUL HARRIS AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Auburn University graduate Ashton Richardson has been named a recipient of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, becoming one of only 40 students in the United States selected for the honor, which enables them to attend their choice...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Nov 10, 2014 | Animal Sciences
The Auburn University Collegiate Cattlemen and Cattlewomen will be taking orders for their annual holiday sausage box sale through Friday, Nov. 14. Each box contains three 1-pound packages of summer sausage, made by students at the AU Meats Lab, and a 1-pound wedge of...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Nov 7, 2014 | Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—A ribbon-cutting ceremony today at Auburn University’s new covered equestrian arena marked the official opening of the facility that is home to the three-time national champion Auburn equestrian team. Construction began on the $2 million arena in March...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 30, 2014 | Biosystems Engineering, Poultry Science
by NATHAN KELLY artwork by ASHLEY WISKIRCHEN The National Poultry Technology Center was created seven years ago to help Alabama poultry growers operate more efficiently. Since 2007, its efforts have led to an annual impact to the state’s economy of almost $30...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 30, 2014 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Auburn turfgrass team keeps some of the South’s most famous grass in championship condition by MARY CATHERINE GASTON video by NATHAN KELLY This spring when the Auburn athletics grounds crew painted the route of Chris Davis’ famous Iron Bowl 2013 run on Pat Dye Field,...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 30, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Bringing positive change keeps Auburn’s Boyd going and going by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY Auburn University professor Claude Boyd is retiring. Eventually. Just as soon as his final graduate student—the last of more than 115 master’s and doctoral students he...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 22, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
The following story appears in the 2014 Auburn-South Carolina edition of Tailgate Times, an app-based publication of the Auburn University Food Systems Institute. Tailgate Times is published prior to each Auburn home football game. Download the app here and read more...
