by Mary Catherine Gaston | Dec 1, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON artwork by ASHLEY WISKIRCHEN If you’ve ever driven past the E.V. Smith Research Center near Tallassee on your way to an Auburn football game, you may have wondered what exactly the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station is. Made up of...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Nov 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association recently announced the 2015 inductees into the Alabama Agricultural Hall of Honor and the 2015 Pioneer Award recipients. The five will be recognized for their contributions to Alabama agriculture...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Nov 24, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.— Auburn University College of Agriculture associate professor and Extension specialist Stephen Enloe, along with Nancy Loewenstein, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences research fellow, published a new study that reports significant progress in the...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 30, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Bringing positive change keeps Auburn’s Boyd going and going by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY Auburn University professor Claude Boyd is retiring. Eventually. Just as soon as his final graduate student—the last of more than 115 master’s and doctoral students he...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 22, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
The following story appears in the 2014 Auburn-South Carolina edition of Tailgate Times, an app-based publication of the Auburn University Food Systems Institute. Tailgate Times is published prior to each Auburn home football game. Download the app here and read more...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 3, 2014 | Poultry Science
CENTRE, Ala.—Young people in Alabama’s northeast corner now have a fast track to careers in poultry science, thanks to a partnership announced today between Auburn University and Gadsden State Community College. A new 2+2 program between the two schools will allow...
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...