Julie Howe: a passion for chemistry and brewing

by Paul Hollis | Aug 24, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

by PAUL HOLLISJulie Howe’s passion for craft beers and brewing began when she was pursuing her Ph.D. in soil science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.“Everyone there was drinking beer that tasted better than what I was accustomed to, so I acquired a taste for...

Researchers battle cotton, soybean pests

by Paul Hollis | Aug 12, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology

by PAUL HOLLISNorth Alabama legislators and agricultural leaders got an update on the 2016 growing season and a review of some of the latest crop research during an open house tour at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in July.“It’s been a mixed bag as...

Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center hosts open house tour

by Paul Hollis | Aug 12, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology

by PAUL HOLLISThe Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in Belle Mina hosted an open house tour on July 19 to help inform state legislators and other leaders in agriculture about projects underway at the center. Participants also learned of Alabama...

State’s burgeoning craft beer industry could profit crop producers

by Paul Hollis | Jul 18, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

by PAUL HOLLISThe growth of the nation’s craft brewing industry continues to soar, with 2015 revenues up by 16 percent, to $23 billion, from 2014.  Alabama is part of that growth, but the state’s brewers would like more locally grown malting barley and hops to enhance...

Weaver is strong advocate of GMO technology

by Paul Hollis | Jul 18, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

by DAVID REARDONDavid Weaver, one of the best known and longest tenured professors in Auburn’s College of Agriculture, is practically a walking encyclopedia of agronomy. This is obvious to the students and colleagues who have had the opportunity to ask him a...

Canola added to Alabama crop rotations

by Paul Hollis | Jun 20, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology

Alabama Cooperative Extension SystemAUBURN, Ala.—Golden fields lined rural highways in central and northern parts of the state this spring as producers add canola to crop rotations.Alabama Extension Crop Specialist Dennis Delaney said farmers are incorporating the...

Horticulture master's student garners multiple scholarships

by Jamie Creamer | Jun 6, 2016 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Horticulture

Andrej Svyantek, a master’s student in Auburn’s Department of Horticulture, has been awarded four scholarships totaling $9,500 in recent weeks to support his research on sustainable production of wine grapes in Alabama and the Southeast. The scholarships include: A...