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by Paul Hollis | Mar 9, 2016 | AAES Administration, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Part 2by PAUL HOLLISWhile crops research being conducted by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) is attempting to attain high yields with maximum inputs, economics also are being considered, with an eye toward ensuring cost efficiency for farmers.“We...
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by Jamie Creamer | Jan 4, 2016 | AAES Administration, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association will honor five individuals who have made significant contributions to the state’s agricultural industry during the 2016 Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor banquet, set for Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Auburn Marriott...
by Jamie Creamer | Oct 27, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Nhuong Van Tran, a 2011 College of Agriculture alumnus, will present a guest lecture, “Future of Global Fish Supply and Demand,” Monday, Nov. 2, at 3:30 p.m. in Comer Hall 207. Tran was awarded his B.S. degree in aquaculture in his native Vietnam in 1997...
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by Paul Hollis | Oct 12, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
by PAUL HOLLIS “AU Victory” is no longer simply the wish of every Auburn University sports fan. It’s also the name of a new bentgrass variety that promises improved putting greens for golfers. The new variety—the first bentgrass released by the university’s turfgrass...
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by Jamie Creamer | Sep 17, 2015 | Poultry Science
Wayne Farms LLC, the sixth-largest vertically integrated poultry producer in the U.S., has pledged $175,000 to the construction of a state-of-the-art poultry research unit at Auburn University. “We’re happy to invest in a new farm facility that will thrive, not only...
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by Jamie Creamer | Sep 2, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Poultry Science
Auburn University poultry scientists Joe Giambrone and Ken Macklin are using funding from the U.S. egg industry to investigate how the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has decimated poultry populations in the Midwest in the past nine months, spreads to...
by William Cahalin | Jun 7, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
AUBURN, Ala.—Deacue Fields, an agricultural economist who has served on the Auburn University faculty for 11 years, has been named to a three-year term as chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, effective Aug. 16. Fields was hired at...
