Departments
The College of Agriculture is made up of 8 departments, 11 undergraduate majors, 23 focus areas and a range of multidisciplinary study programs. Learn more about us and begin your career in the world’s largest industry with Auburn University’s College of Agriculture.
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & RURAL SOCIOLOGY
Building Economies and Strengthening Communities.
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology uses business and social principles to advance society on local, regional, national and global scales.
Animal Sciences
Maintaining Life & Feeding a Growing Population.
Faculty and students in Animal Sciences use science to ensure the nutrition and welfare of animals and healthy, sustainable food sources for people everywhere.
BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Advancing Technology to Develop Cleaner, Safer Energy.
In Biosystems Engineering, we integrate the disciplines of life sciences and engineering to create more efficient production methods and a cleaner, safer place to live.
Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
This is How We Support The World’s Largest Industry.
We produce healthier food for your kitchen and better fiber for your clothes while protecting the natural resources used to grow them.
ENTOMOLOGY & PLANT PATHOLOGY
Keeping the World’s Food Supply Safe & Sustainable.
We protect your food, resources and homes from a variety of threats to ensure healthier food and a more comfortable place to live.
Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Produce More Abundant Food and Protect Our Natural Resources.
The School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences innovates new methods and systems to grow industry and produce healthier, more abundant food for communities worldwide.
Horticulture
We Create Healthier Food and More Beautiful Communities.
Horticulturalists work to impact everything from human health and nutrition to the simple beauty of the world around you.
Poultry Science
This is How We Develop Healthier, More Resilient Sources of Food.
In Poultry Science, we work to ensure your food is grown, developed and produced in the safest, healthiest ways possible.
Research News
Taking the guesswork out of catfish sperm quality
Catfish farmers may be hurting their profitability by needlessly sacrificing male catfish when collecting sperm for breeding, according to a recent Auburn study. The same study discovered the indicators farmers commonly use to select males for breeding, like head size...
Auburn research looks to control deer feeding on row crops
When can there be too many deer even for a hunting enthusiast? When that same enthusiast is a row-crop farmer, and the deer are using their fields as an all-you-can-eat buffet. While deer grazing on crops has been a consistent problem for decades, it has escalated in...
Finding frost-tolerant blueberries for Alabama growers
Alabama blueberry farmers could soon start growing more frost-tolerant cultivars thanks to recent research at Auburn University. Most Alabama growers are still heavily relying on the native species rabbiteye (Vaccinium virgatum Ait), while producers in neighboring...