by Jamie Creamer | May 3, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
The Market at Ag Heritage Park kicks off its 2017 season Thursday, May 11, from 3 to 6 p.m. on the Auburn University campus and will be open every Thursday, same time and place, through Aug. 24. The weekly farmers market is held on the grounds of Ag Heritage Park’s...
by Jamie Creamer | Mar 23, 2017 | Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Horticulture
Amy Wright, horticulture professor and interim administrator in the College of Agriculture, has been named one of 10 recipients of Auburn University’s 2017 Spirit of Sustainability Awards. Wright is the Harry G. Ponder Endowed Professor of Horticulture at Auburn and...
by Jamie Creamer | Mar 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Auburn College of Agriculture students aim to increase the campus community’s awareness of the agricultural industry’s impact and importance in Alabama and far beyond during Auburn’s 12th annual Ag Week celebration Monday-Friday, March 27-31. The...
by Jamie Creamer | Mar 17, 2017 | Animal Sciences
Students from kindergarten through 12th grade can get the scoop on the dairy business and bone up on their milk facts when they attend Dairy U, an educational, hands-on workshop set for Saturday, April 22, 8 a.m.–3 p.m., at the Stanley P. Wilson Beef Teaching Unit on...
by Jamie Creamer | Feb 1, 2017 | AAES Administration, COA Administration
Animal geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam will address the often-controversial issue of genetic engineering’s role in livestock production systems on the Auburn University campus Tuesday, Feb. 14, when she presents “Animal biotechnology: What is it, what could it be, and...
by Jamie Creamer | Jan 13, 2017 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Ten successful professionals who hold academic degrees from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture have been selected as the college’s most outstanding alumni for 2017. The 10, who will be honored in an awards ceremony Feb. 8 in Auburn, include the...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 10, 2017 | AAES Administration, Ag Land & Resource Management, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Development, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Information Technology, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association will honor five men who have had a major impact on Alabama agriculture when it hosts the 2017 Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor banquet Feb. 9 at the Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel and Conference Center. The five...