by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 23, 2014 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Auburn Junior Sees Ag Econ Degree from the Mission-Field Perspective by JAMIE CREAMER Ben Brinkerhoff went on his first mission trip the summer before his freshman year in high school and, even in the midst of that hot, labor-intensive week in Honduras, realized...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 19, 2014 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
As of Aug. 1, Auburn University Ph.D. student Zack Ogles had picked a ton of produce—closer to 2,200 pounds, actually—from the eight-row garden he has on the Auburn campus. There’s no telling how many tomato sandwiches, squash casseroles and skillets full of fried...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 18, 2014 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
This fall the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology welcomed four new faculty. Alana Jacobson joined the faculty as an insect ecologist\row crop entomologist. Dr. Jacobson comes to Auburn from Dr. George Kennedy’s lab at North Carolina State University....
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 18, 2014 | Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —An Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences faculty member and a veterinarian who is an alumnus of the department are among 40 young men and women from across the U.S. and Canada being honored for the significant contributions they have made to...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 12, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Taking Root in Alabama Fields by NATHAN KELLY It’s becoming an all-too-common occurrence in Alabama agriculture: another weed added to the list of aggressive, undesirable weeds that can hold their own against the broad-spectrum herbicide...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 10, 2014 | Animal Sciences, Student Spotlight
Riley Shugg’s was an unusual summer study-abroad experience for an animal sciences major intent on becoming a large-animal veterinarian and surgeon. In fact, it was an unusual study-abroad experience, period—unless you consider getting up close and personal with great...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 8, 2014 | Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala. —Auburn University horticulture professor Joe Eakes has been named interim head of the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture Dean Bill Batchelor has announced. Eakes assumed the role Sept. 5 and will serve in the position until a new...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 3, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Horticulture
by NATHAN KELLY A 100-vine research vineyard that Elina Coneva established at the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station’s Chilton Research and Extension Center four years ago has the Auburn University horticulture associate professor feeling good about the future of...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
New Man on Development Team Scores Big with Stellar Tailgate Recipe Behind every irresistible culinary sensation lies a list of irresistible ingredients. Such is the case with Conecuh Bites, the signature game-day dish of veteran Auburn tailgater and new College of...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 29, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Mary Catherine Gaston Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 26, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By MARY CATHERINE GASTON A newly released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database that Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson compiled paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Premium parking and space to tailgate with family and friends is available to game-going Auburn Tiger fans again this football season through the College of Agriculture’s 2014 Tailgate at the Park. The number of All single-car, parking-only spaces went quickly this...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 21, 2014 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
AUBURN, Ala. —Auburn University alumni professor and researcher Henry Fadamiro has been named assistant dean and director of global programs in the College of Agriculture, effective Sept. 1, Dean Bill Batchelor has announced. “Agriculture knows no geographical...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 19, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —The fall installment of the 2014 Auburn University Special Lecture Series will take place Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. in Langdon Hall and will feature Jeffrey Beall, an expert on scholarly publishing. The lecture, entitled “Scholarly Publishing in...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 12, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —The Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host an expo and field day Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Research Center on North College Street in Auburn. Free and open to the...
by William Cahalin | Jul 28, 2014 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —William Dar, director general of the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, or ICRISAT, and colleague Laxmipathi Gowda, the institute’s deputy director general for research, were in Auburn recently as guests of the College of...
by William Cahalin | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
AUBURN, Ala. —Fall Ag Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture, easily the biggest tailgate party on the Auburn University campus, is set for homecoming Saturday, Sept. 27, at Ag Heritage Park, before the Auburn-Louisiana Tech football game. Game time has not been...
by William Cahalin | Jul 22, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
AUBURN, Ala. —Drones may be controversial for use in military and national security matters, but the unmanned aerial vehicles are poised to revolutionize agriculture, and those who attend the 2014 Ag Discovery Adventure Saturday, Sept. 13, at Auburn University’s E.V....
by William Cahalin | Jul 18, 2014 | COA Communications
AUBURN, Ala. —As a native of Great Falls, Virginia, Lyndsee Leach is no stranger to the Washington, D.C., area. In fact, working on Capitol Hill has been a long-time dream for this Auburn University senior in agricultural communications. This summer, she acted on that...
by William Cahalin | Jun 13, 2014 | Poultry Science
AUBURN, Ala. —For Danville native Sarah Stephenson, summer breaks are not about beach trips, but internships. The junior in poultry science production is spending this summer in the federal government relations office of Tyson Foods, Inc., in Washington, D.C.,...
by William Cahalin | Jun 10, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —Alan Wilson, an associate professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and researcher with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, has been selected to spend a year working with the National Science Foundation as a program...
