by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 12, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —The Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host an expo and field day Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Research Center on North College Street in Auburn. Free and open to the...
by William Cahalin | May 1, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—The recently released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database compiled by Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama producers, are...
by William Cahalin | Apr 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
4/23/2014 AUBURN, Ala.—The Market at Ag Heritage Park, Auburn University’s open-air farmers market, will open its 2014 season Thursday, May 8, at 3 p.m. and will continue every Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m., through Aug. 21. The market is located near the intersection of...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 15, 2014 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
by JAMIE CREAMER A College of Agriculture agronomist who established a research plot on the Auburn University campus eight years ago to evaluate medicinal plants as high-value alternative crops for Alabama growers has converted the verdant patch into a teaching and...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 1, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Former fisheries faculty practices what he preached raising inland shrimp by JAMIE CREAMER About this time every year, David Teichert-Coddington packs his bag, loads his trailer and hits the road, bound for the Florida Keys. If he were going for a few weeks of R &...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 29, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Auburn Fisheries Pioneer Explains Why Alabama Agriculture Can’t Catch Up by JAMIE CREAMER Sisyphus was a cruel, conniving mythological king of Corinth whose ultimate punishment was an eternity in Hades, pushing a large boulder up a hill, watching it roll back down as...
by William Cahalin | Dec 22, 2013 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—The Alabama Commission on Higher Education has approved an online master of turfgrass management program for Auburn University’s College of Agriculture. The program is designed for working professionals and offers 100 percent of its curriculum online. The...