Exploring solar power for modern poultry farms

by Paul Hollis | Oct 14, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering, Poultry Science

National Poultry Technology Center The ever‐evolving modern poultry house has gained numerous energy efficiencies over the last few years. Improvements in tightening techniques and insulation technology and in ventilation systems, control systems, lighting and...

Ag alumni group hosts Birds & Brews Oct. 28 at Ag Heritage Park

by Jamie Creamer | Sep 30, 2016 | AAES Administration, Ag Land & Resource Management, COA Administration, Poultry Science

Poultry-based small plates prepared by a dozen of the area’s top chefs and beverages produced by 10 of Alabama’s finest breweries, wineries and distilleries are on tap for local residents who attend Birds and Brews, a fall social and scholarship fundraiser set for...

Ag economist to address future of food in Oct. 11 York lecture

by Jamie Creamer | Sep 29, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, COA Administration

Jayson Lusk, an Oklahoma State University food and agricultural economist whose research focuses on what we eat and why we eat it, will deliver the 2016 E.T. York Distinguished Lecture, titled “The Future of Food,” Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Auburn Alumni Center on...

Climate variability impacts crop yields

by Paul Hollis | Sep 19, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

by PAUL HOLLIS Long-term climate change combined with climate variability influenced by El Niño and La Niña phases of ENSO are having a significant impact on corn yields in Alabama, according to a study co-authored by Auburn University researcher Brenda Ortiz. “If we...

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...

Bowen, Wright to serve as VPs of scientific societies

by Jamie Creamer | Aug 16, 2016 | COA Administration, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture

Two College of Agriculture professors have been elected to leadership positions in their respective international scientific societies. Plant pathology professor Kira Bowen assumed her position as vice president of the American Phytopathological Society in early...

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...