Davis to lead Auburn’s National Poultry Technology Center

by Jamie Creamer | Jan 10, 2019 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Feature, Poultry Science

Auburn University biosystems engineer Jeremiah Davis has assumed duties as director of the Auburn-based National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC. Davis had served as associate director of the research and outreach center since joining the Auburn faculty in 2015 and...

AU trustees OK Miller Center’s final phases; processing plant first up

by Jamie Creamer | Oct 24, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, News, Poultry Science, Research

Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has cleared the way for completion of the multi-unit Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center on the north Auburn campus, beginning with construction of an 18,800-square-foot poultry processing plant on the...

UD ag economist to chair academic unit at Auburn

by Jamie Creamer | Sep 25, 2018 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology

Joshua Duke, currently professor of applied economics and statistics at the University of Delaware, will join the Auburn University College of Agriculture on March 1, 2019, as Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology chair and professor. College of...

Study: Undergrad research experiences benefit students, society

by Jamie Creamer | Jun 14, 2018 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

College students who participate in hands-on, faculty-mentored research en route to their bachelor’s degrees cite multiple personal and professional benefits the experience delivers, from strengthening their time-management, critical-thinking and communication skills...

Alabama equipment company supports poultry research at Auburn

by Jamie Creamer | May 2, 2018 | Biosystems Engineering, Donor Impact Stories, Feature, Poultry Science

A $500,000 gift to Auburn University’s College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama–based D&F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center, located...

College inks ag science transfer agreement with Snead State

by Jamie Creamer | Mar 6, 2018 | Horticulture

A formal agreement that top Auburn University, College of Agriculture and Snead State Community College administrators have signed guarantees Snead State students who meet Auburn’s transfer-student admission requirements acceptance into the agricultural science...

Layne to lead Auburn's Department of Horticulture

by Jamie Creamer | Feb 7, 2018 | COA Administration, Feature, Horticulture

AUBURN, Alabama—Desmond R. Layne, currently a horticulture professor and academic program director at Washington State University, has been named head of the Department of Horticulture at Auburn University following a nationwide search. He will assume the position...