College of Ag wins four 2019 Spirit of Sustainability Awards

by Jamie Creamer | May 7, 2019 | Biosystems Engineering, Horticulture, News, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

By Jamie Creamer / May 7, 2019 3:54:19 PM News The College of Agriculture was represented well in the Auburn University Office of Sustainability’s recent 2019 Spirit of Sustainability Awards ceremony, with wins in the group, faculty, staff and student...

Phi Kappa Phi chapter honors Ag Hill junior

by Jamie Creamer | Apr 17, 2019 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

Brooke Johnson, an Auburn University junior majoring in environmental science, has received the 2019 Susan Stacy Entrenkin Yates Scholastic Achievement Award from the Auburn chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The Yates Award is presented annually to...

Auburn fisheries to host expo, field day April 6 at Shell Center

by Jamie Creamer | Mar 29, 2019 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station

Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host a Fisheries Expo and Field Day Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center, located at 2101 N. College St. in Auburn. In addition to activities for people of...

Conner a panelist at Berlin ‘feed the world’ summit

by Jamie Creamer | Feb 1, 2019 | News, Poultry Science

Auburn University poultry science department head and professor Don Conner was an invited member of a panel that addressed the challenges of feeding the world during a Berlin, Germany, symposium on the growing global demand for poultry and other animal protein...

U.S. beekeepers lose four of every 10 managed colonies in 2017-18

by Jamie Creamer | May 23, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature, Horticulture

AUBURN, Ala. — The nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of their managed honey bee colonies between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, an increase of almost 7 percentage points from the previous year’s total loss rate, results of an annual nationwide survey show....

Spring graduate Kenzley Defler builds strong track record of serving communities

by Laura Cauthen | May 2, 2018 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature, Student Spotlight

By Laura Cauthen / May 2, 2018 11:58:28 AM Feature If you’re going to keep up with Kenzley Defler, you’d better put on your running shoes. Not just because she’s an avid long-distance runner and Auburn track and field team member, but because she’s always in...

Ag Hill faculty dominate Auburn awards ceremony

by Jamie Creamer | Mar 6, 2018 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

College of Agriculture faculty members claimed the lion’s share of recognition during Auburn University’s 2018 Faculty Awards Dinner in late February. The ceremony formally honored all Auburn faculty who received the university’s highest awards in the 2017-18 academic...