Magnum opus

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...

Scientists ID enzyme linked to green muscle disease

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 29, 2013 | Poultry Science

by JAMIE CREAMER After more than a decade of research into an increasingly common and costly broiler condition known as green muscle disease, a team of poultry scientists at Auburn University has identified a blood plasma enzyme that could give breeders a noninvasive...

$4.8 million grant will enhance safety of local foods

by William Cahalin | Mar 5, 2013 | Animal Sciences

AUBURN, Ala.—Animal sciences assistant professor Christy Bratcher and a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Auburn and Tuskegee universities have been awarded a five-year, $4.8 million grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to help ensure...

Ag, forestry dominate state's economy, study shows

by William Cahalin | Feb 22, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology

AUBURN, Ala.—Agriculture, forestry and their related industries account for 41 percent of Alabama’s $174 billion economy and provide 22 percent of all jobs in the state, a new report from Auburn University’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology...

AU technology could revolutionize rendering industry

by William Cahalin | Jun 28, 2012 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

AUBURN, Ala. — A patented Auburn University–developed process that cleanly converts inedible waste from the slaughter of animals into marketable products is making its commercial debut this summer with the opening of Alabama Protein Products LLC at Kyser Family Farms,...

Survey of coastal seafood, restaurant industries under way

by William Cahalin | Jun 25, 2012 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology

AUBURN, Ala. — Seafood fishers, processors and wholesalers as well as seafood restaurant chefs and owners are the focus of a survey under way along the Alabama-Mississippi Gulf Coast aimed at evaluating how those involved in the seafood supply chain are faring after...

Job creation chief goal of Auburn's new Aquaculture, Fisheries Institute

by William Cahalin | Feb 14, 2012 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

AUBURN, Ala.—A new research and outreach institute focused on stimulating economic growth in Alabama and the Southeast by strengthening and expanding the region’s domestic aquatic and fisheries industries has been established within the Alabama Agricultural Experiment...