Researchers battle cotton, soybean pests

by Paul Hollis | Aug 12, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology

by PAUL HOLLISNorth Alabama legislators and agricultural leaders got an update on the 2016 growing season and a review of some of the latest crop research during an open house tour at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in July.“It’s been a mixed bag as...

Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center hosts open house tour

by Paul Hollis | Aug 12, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology

by PAUL HOLLISThe Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in Belle Mina hosted an open house tour on July 19 to help inform state legislators and other leaders in agriculture about projects underway at the center. Participants also learned of Alabama...

Rainwater saves time, money for poultry industry

by Paul Hollis | May 11, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Poultry Science

Raising broiler chickens takes water—a lot of water. But rainwater harvesting could substantially reduce Alabama poultry growers’ dependence on municipal water sources or well water, reduce growers’ annual water bill by as much as $16,000 or more, and pay for itself...

Spring planting time

by Paul Hollis | Apr 18, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology

by PAUL HOLLISFarmers throughout Alabama and the Southeast are gearing up for another spring planting season, with expectations running high for more favorable weather conditions and improved commodity prices compared to this past year.A sure sign that it’s planting...

AAES research aims to replicate top crop yields

by Paul Hollis | Feb 15, 2016 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, COA Communications, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology

Part 1  by PAUL HOLLIS “How high can crop yields go? Researchers at Auburn University’s Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station intend to find out just that with a new initiative that aims to replicate the outstanding yields being achieved by some of the nation’s top...

Srivastava new head of Auburn's Water Resources Center

by Jamie Creamer | Jul 10, 2015 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Puneet Srivastava, an ecological engineering professor in Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering and the Butler-Cunningham Eminent Scholar on Agriculture and the Environment in the College of Agriculture, has taken the reins of the interdisciplinary...

Auburn fisheries grad student awarded marine policy fellowship

by Jamie Creamer | Jun 10, 2015 | COA Administration, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Matt Womble, a master’s student in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, has been named a 2016 Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow and will spend next year in Washington, D.C., learning how science is translated into...