Auburn College of Agriculture salutes alumni of the year

by Jamie Creamer | Mar 29, 2019 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Eight successful professionals who hold academic degrees from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture are the college’s 2019 Outstanding Alumni Award winners. The honorees include one college-wide Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient and seven individuals who...

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...

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...

College of Agriculture, alumni to host 39th Ag Roundup Sept. 29

by Jamie Creamer | Aug 31, 2018 | College of Agriculture, News

Auburn University’s College of Agriculture and Agricultural Alumni Association will co-host the 39th annual Ag Roundup Saturday, Sept. 29, at Ag Heritage Park ahead of the Auburn Tigers’ 2018 homecoming game against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. Activities...

Alabama equipment company supports poultry research at Auburn

by Jamie Creamer | May 2, 2018 | Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, 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...

Auburn-developed vaccine could help prevent costly catfish disease

by Paul Hollis | Nov 17, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

By Paul Hollis Auburn researchers will use an almost $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a novel vaccine that would effectively and economically control one of the most serious bacterial infections in the aquaculture industry today. Columnaris...

NRCS funds to demonstrate and promote best irrigation practices in Alabama

by Paul Hollis | Oct 16, 2017 | AAES Administration, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature

By Paul Hollis The latest numbers tell the irrigation story: In Alabama, only 15 percent of the land currently available for farming is irrigated, a far cry from Mississippi’s 61 percent of cropland and Georgia’s 40 percent. Over time, that lack of irrigation...