Alum to address world supply, demand for fish in lecture

by Jamie Creamer | Oct 27, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Nhuong Van Tran, a 2011 College of Agriculture alumnus, will present a guest lecture, “Future of Global Fish Supply and Demand,” Monday, Nov. 2, at 3:30 p.m. in Comer Hall 207. Tran was awarded his B.S. degree in aquaculture in his native Vietnam in 1997...

AU Victory: New bentgrass release promises improved putting greens

by Paul Hollis | Oct 12, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

by PAUL HOLLIS “AU Victory” is no longer simply the wish of every Auburn University sports fan. It’s also the name of a new bentgrass variety that promises improved putting greens for golfers.  The new variety—the first bentgrass released by the university’s turfgrass...

2015 Ag Roundup raises record amount

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 5, 2015 | Uncategorized

Ag Roundup’s 35-year-long streak of picture-perfect weather ended Oct. 3 with the 2015 edition, but the steady mist and gray skies didn’t hamper attendance or dampen the spirits of the more than 2,600 folks who packed Auburn University’s Ag Heritage Park for the...

No tall tale

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 4, 2015 | Biosystems Engineering

by MARY CATHERINE GASTON It sounds like a fun campfire game: Choose five words at random from a hat, and tell a story using all five. Your words: sailing, rubber, drone, engineer, Guatemala. What story would you tell? If you’re Christian Brodbeck, a research engineer...

With a passion

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 4, 2015 | Entomology & Plant Pathology

Kenya native helping others reach their potential by JAMIE CREAMER Please excuse the use of an overworked adjective, but there’s just no other way to describe Esther Ngumbi: The woman is passionate. She’s passionate about life, about giving back, about inspiring...

Fishin' for fun

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 4, 2015 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Just because there’s no football on the Plains on Saturday, Oct. 17, that doesn’t mean you should stay away. The School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences invites you to enjoy a rare, uncongested fall Saturday in the Loveliest Village at its second annual...

2015 Ag Roundup set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 3

by Jamie Creamer | Sep 28, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Development, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

The 36th Fall Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture, or Ag Roundup, will get underway at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Ag Heritage Park and run until 2 p.m., an hour before kickoff of the Auburn University–San Jose State homecoming football game.  Co-sponsored by...