by Paul Hollis | Sep 30, 2019 | E.T. York Lecturer Series, News
By Paul Hollis / Sep 30, 2019 3:26:10 PM News, Events The climate is changing, but farmers are not to blame, the chief scientist of the USDA said recently during a presentation to a group of students and faculty at Auburn University. “There are a lot of reasons for...
by Paul Hollis | Jul 1, 2019 | Animal Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature, Research
By Paul Hollis / Jul 1, 2019 4:40:55 PM Feature Researchers and extension specialists in Auburn’s College of Agriculture are joining forces on a project that could provide a fertilizer alternative to Alabama livestock producers currently using synthetic nitrogen on...
by Jamie Creamer | Jul 30, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, News, Outreach, Research, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Jamie Creamer / Jul 30, 2018 1:22:16 PM Auburn University marine scientist Bill Walton, one of the driving forces behind the Gulf Coast’s up-and-coming off-bottom oyster-farming industry, has landed a $456,646 federal grant to help ensure that farmed oysters bound...
by Paul Hollis | Jun 21, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Research
Jun 21, 2018 10:27:58 AM News By Paul Hollis Cost and efficiency are high on the list of concerns for Alabama farmers and equally high on the list of priorities for Auburn University researchers. The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station’s Production Agriculture...
by Paul Hollis | Jun 4, 2018 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature, Poultry Science, Research
Jun 4, 2018 10:38:15 AM Feature By Paul Hollis The poultry industry in Alabama contributes more than $15 billion to the state’s economy each year, but along with the revenue and jobs, it also produces about 1.8 million tons of waste, or litter, annually. Ensuring this...