Better than he found it: Patterson steps down as agriculture dean, experiment station director

by Josh Woods | Dec 20, 2024 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Feature, News

Effective Jan. 1, Paul Patterson is stepping away from his roles as dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. He led both to record numbers in the areas of teaching, research and outreach since he assumed the...

Alabama’s McMichen Farm breaks 100-bushel soybean barrier

by Paul Hollis | Nov 17, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

By Eddie McGriff McMichen Farm has become the first farm in Alabama to make and break the 100-bushel soybean barrier with just more than 102 bushels per acre. The Cherokee County farm—located near Centre in northeast Alabama—has been in the McMichen family since 1842....

Defending against brown marmorated stink bugs

by Paul Hollis | Oct 16, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature

By Derek Herscovici Alabama is home to many pests, and as of 2010 it was introduced to a new one, Halyomorpha halys, a.k.a. the brown marmorated stink bug, or BMSB. Whenever a new species is introduced, this presents the opportunity for research; for entomology grad...

Cutts recognized as UGA outstanding alumni

by Paul Hollis | Oct 6, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

Auburn agronomist Trey Cutts, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences assistant professor and extension cotton specialist, is one of seven University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences graduates that the college’s alumni...

Liu named a Fellow of the World Aquaculture Society

by Paul Hollis | Jul 18, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Zhanjiang “John” Liu—Auburn University’s associate provost and associate vice president for research, and a professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences—was named a Fellow of the World Aquaculture Society at its annual meeting, held June...

Daniels named acting director of global programs

by Paul Hollis | Jun 6, 2017 | AAES Administration, COA Administration

AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University associate professor Bill Daniels has been named acting director of global programs for the College of Agriculture, effective June 1, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Director, AAES, Henry Fadamiro has announced. “Agriculture is...

Keys to making top corn yields in red clay

by Paul Hollis | Mar 20, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

By Eddie McGriff Henderson Farms in Madison, Alabama, topped the 2016 National Corn Growers Association state contest for Alabama in the irrigated (305.7 bushels per acre) and the non-irrigated categories (232.7 bushels per acre). Mike Henderson along with son, Chad,...