by Margaret Smith | Feb 5, 2019 | AL Cooperative Extension, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Farming, News
By Maggie Smith / Feb 5, 2019 2:26:58 PM News In the seven weeks since President Trump signed the 2018 farm bill into law, hemp hype has run rampant across the nation, fueled by the legislation’s legalization of industrial hemp production in the U.S. If the deluge of...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 25, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Feature, Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Paul Hollis / Sep 25, 2018 3:27:30 PM Feature Auburn University’s Aquaponics Working Group has a new vision for U.S. aquaculture, one that includes far more predictability and efficiency than today’s timeworn models of commercial fish production. “Need is the...
by Jamie Creamer | Aug 31, 2018 | College of Agriculture, News
Auburn University’s College of Agriculture and Agricultural Alumni Association will co-host the 39th annual Ag Roundup Saturday, Sept. 29, at Ag Heritage Park ahead of the Auburn Tigers’ 2018 homecoming game against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. Activities...
by Jamie Creamer | Jul 31, 2018 | News, Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
A 32-foot raw bar boasting 5,000 premium farm-raised oysters drew hundreds of oyster lovers to Ag Heritage Park earlier this year for the 2018 Alabama Oyster Social. In addition to emptying all 5,000 half shells, attendees also raised $45,000 to support Auburn...
by Jamie Creamer | Jul 18, 2018 | AL Cooperative Extension, Forestry & Wildlife, News
J. Mike Phillips, head of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at Mississippi State University, will join Auburn University Aug. 15 as associate dean for Extension in the College of Agriculture and assistant director for agriculture, forestry and natural resource...
by Laura Cauthen | Jun 25, 2018 | Animal Sciences, News
By Laura Cauthen / Jun 25, 2018 1:43:48 PM News Cow-calf producers across the state will gain valuable insight on how to overcome challenges in the cattle business during the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences’ 2018 Beef Cattle Conference Saturday, Aug....
by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 2, 2018 | Alumni Stories, Feature, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
May 2, 2018 12:14:02 PM Feature When Gregory Whitis began his undergraduate studies in zoology at Iowa State University in the mid-’70s, he had no idea there was such a place as Auburn University; he had never heard the word “aquaculture”; and the idea of one day...
