by Paul Hollis | Sep 22, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
by PAUL HOLLIS Climate predictions for the upcoming fall and winter months indicate that Alabama wheat producers will have fewer problems this season with the Hessian fly, but now’s not the time to completely let down your guard. Results of studies have shown that...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 22, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
by PAUL HOLLIS AUBURN, Ala.—One of the strongest El Niño climate phases in decades has been building during the past several months, and it could make for a tricky fall harvest season in Alabama and throughout the lower Southeast. Producers who are readying...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 18, 2015 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
The Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host an expo and field day Saturday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Research Center on North College Street in Auburn. Free and open to the public, the event...
by Jamie Creamer | Sep 11, 2015 | Animal Sciences
A one-day educational program targeted toward children and teens who own or have a passion for horses is set for Saturday, Oct. 24, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Stanley P. Wilson Beef Teaching Unit on the Auburn University campus.Co-sponsored by Auburn’s Department of...
by Jamie Creamer | Sep 9, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Charles Chen, associate professor and peanut breeder in Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been recognized by the International Peanut Genome Initiative for his contributions to ongoing efforts to establish links between...
by Josh Woods | Sep 5, 2015 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Auburn University soil and environmental scientist Joey Shaw coached Team USA to a world championship Sept. 5 at the second annual International Field Course and Soil Judging Contest in Gödöllő, Hungary, and team member and spring 2015 agronomy and soils graduate...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 4, 2015 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Agronomy grad, professor take soil judging to the global stage by JAMIE CREAMER Here’s the situation Kristen Pegues finds herself in right now: She’s 5,300 miles from home, in a field somewhere northeast of Budapest, and life is the pits. Not the pits, as in terrible;...