by Paul Hollis | Mar 20, 2017 | AAES Administration, Ag Land & Resource Management, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Three Auburn University researchers will be among more than 60 academic and governmental researchers to participate in the SEC Academic Conference to be held this month. Eve Brantley, Extension specialist and associate professor, Department of Crop, Soil and...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 14, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Nermeen Youssef, a Ph.D. student studying under Rex Dunham in Auburn’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, was honored with the Soy Aquaculture Alliance’s Student Award during Aquaculture America 2017, the World Aquaculture Society’s annual meeting...
by Paul Hollis | Mar 7, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Research
By PAUL HOLLIS Auburn University might be relatively new to the peanut breeding business, but its just-released runner peanut variety is already winning accolades for its high yields, resistance to disease and healthy traits. The new release—AU-NPL 17—is the product...
by Jamie Creamer | Jan 13, 2017 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Ten successful professionals who hold academic degrees from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture have been selected as the college’s most outstanding alumni for 2017. The 10, who will be honored in an awards ceremony Feb. 8 in Auburn, include the...
by Paul Hollis | Jan 12, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Information Technology
by PAUL HOLLIS How big is data in U.S. agriculture? Consider that one acre of corn can generate seven gigabytes of data. With approximately 93 million acres of the crop currently in production, that’s 145 million DVDs filled with information—from just one crop. The...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 10, 2017 | AAES Administration, Ag Land & Resource Management, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Development, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Information Technology, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
The Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association will honor five men who have had a major impact on Alabama agriculture when it hosts the 2017 Alabama Agriculture Hall of Honor banquet Feb. 9 at the Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel and Conference Center. The five...
by Paul Hollis | Dec 7, 2016 | AAES Administration, COA Administration, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture
Plant pathology faculty member Leonardo De La Fuente has been appointed the Entomology and Plant Pathology Faculty Endowed Professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and Department of Horticulture head and professor Dave Williams reappointed as the...