by Jamie Creamer | May 30, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Cow-calf producers across the state will gain valuable insight on how to rebuild their herds successfully during the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences’ 2017 Beef Cattle Conference Saturday, Aug. 12, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Ham Wilson Livestock...
by Paul Hollis | May 15, 2017 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Horticulture
By Paul Hollis While fruits and vegetables are undeniably good for the body, they’re also a major boost for Alabama’s economy, Auburn University and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station economists found in a recently completed analysis of the industry. “Specialty...
by Paul Hollis | May 15, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
By Austin Hagan Seed accounts for up to 20 percent of the total variable production cost for peanut producers, especially for larger-seeded cultivars such as Georgia-06. One option for saving money is to reduce seeding rates, but can this be done without negatively...
by Paul Hollis | May 15, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Poultry Science
With the summer months approaching, the National Poultry Technology Center at Auburn University hosted about 80 poultry managers and technicians April 19 for a hands-on training seminar on hot-weather housing, ventilation and equipment issues. The event was the first...
by Ashley Wiskirchen | May 12, 2017 | Poultry Science
Three nondescript structures that for decades have stood on Woodfield Drive just south of Auburn University’s main campus are on the university’s to-be-demolished list, but Department of Poultry Sciences faculty say the buildings have served the department and the...
by Jamie Creamer | Apr 17, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
By JAMIE CREAMER April 1 marked the launch of a free, online crop management tool designed to help cotton producers in Alabama and the Southeast get the upper hand on thrips, the region’s most consistent pests of seedling cotton. Developed at North Carolina State...
by Josh Woods | Apr 17, 2017 | Biosystems Engineering
By PAUL HOLLIS In Alabama, farmers often say that, during the summer, they’re always 10 days away from being in a drought. So this past year, when some parts of the state went for more than 70 consecutive days without measurable rainfall, many—including farmers,...