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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...
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....
