by William Cahalin | Apr 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
4/23/2014 AUBURN, Ala.—The Market at Ag Heritage Park, Auburn University’s open-air farmers market, will open its 2014 season Thursday, May 8, at 3 p.m. and will continue every Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m., through Aug. 21. The market is located near the intersection of...
by William Cahalin | Dec 18, 2013 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—A team of Auburn University College of Agriculture researchers studying the development of biofilm formed in aquaculture settings by the highly contagious fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare has taken the first-ever microscopic image of the biofilm—a...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 14, 2013 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Agronomy graduate’s club involvement, work ethic lead to job by NATHAN KELLY When Jordan and Melissa Toombs married in 2008, Toombs had one major goal: to get his new bride through her final two years of college. But for Toombs, accomplishing one goal means setting...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 6, 2013 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Bill Walton, a former Cape Cod oyster farmer who since 2009 has been an Auburn University assistant professor of fisheries and Alabama Cooperative Extension System fisheries specialist at the Auburn Shellfish Lab on Dauphin Island, is one of seven individuals tapped...
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...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 28, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Poultry Science
$4.8 million grant will enhance safety of local foods by JAMIE CREAMER 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...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 25, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Auburn ag alum wins farmers federation presidency by JAMIE CREAMER On Dec. 3, 2012, College of Agriculture alumnus and fifth-generation Chilton County farmer Jimmy Parnell eked out a victory to become president of the Alabama Farmers Federation and, subsequently,...
