Mullenix, husband runners-up in federation competition

by Jamie Creamer | Aug 4, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences

Kim Mullenix, assistant professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Animal Sciences at Auburn, and husband Daniel were named second runners-up in the Alabama Farmers Federation’s 2015 Excellence in Agriculture competition. Winners were announced during the...

Going bananas

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 27, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Horticulture

Hort researchers test feasibility of banana production in Alabama by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY In the world of food, bananas are rock stars. They’re Walmart’s perennial No. 1 best-selling item, outpacing all of the 150,000-plus other products in the...

Standing up to Roundup®

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 12, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Taking Root in Alabama Fields by NATHAN KELLY It’s becoming an all-too-common occurrence in Alabama agriculture: another weed added to the list of aggressive, undesirable weeds that can hold their own against the broad-spectrum herbicide...

Auburn grape study good news for state vineyards, wineries

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 3, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Horticulture

by NATHAN KELLY A 100-vine research vineyard that Elina Coneva established at the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station’s Chilton Research and Extension Center four years ago has the Auburn University horticulture associate professor feeling good about the future of...

2013 catfish numbers reveal challenges facing industry

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 26, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

By MARY CATHERINE GASTON A newly released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database that  Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson compiled paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama...

2014 Ag Roundup, Taste of Alabama Agriculture set Sept. 27

by William Cahalin | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized

AUBURN, Ala. —Fall Ag Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture, easily the biggest tailgate party on the Auburn University campus, is set for homecoming Saturday, Sept. 27, at Ag Heritage Park, before the Auburn-Louisiana Tech football game. Game time has not been...

June beef conference to focus on sustainable rebuilding

by William Cahalin | May 13, 2014 | Animal Sciences

AUBURN, Ala. —Registration is now open for the 2014 Regional Beef Cattle Conference, set for Friday-Saturday, June 13-14, at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Overton-Goodwin Center and other campus facilities. Co-sponsored by the Auburn College...