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Wenying Li presented prestigious article award

Wenying Li, an assistant professor in the Auburn University College...

Make it to the market June 30

Market at Ag Heritage Park underway, to feature special guest Thursday, June 30 A very special Auburn Tiger will visit the Market at Ag Heritage Park on Thursday, June 30. Aubie the Tiger will be stopping by to mingle with shoppers at the market hosted by the College...

Barlow named associate dean for extension

Auburn University College of Agriculture and Alabama Extension select interim associate dean and assistant director for role Becky Barlow was recently named associate dean for extension in the Auburn University College of Agriculture and assistant director for...

Auburn College of Agriculture, Central Alabama Community College sign partnership agreement

Leaders from the Auburn University College of Agriculture and Central Alabama Community College signed an agreement Wednesday, May 4, to provide a streamlined pathway into the College of Agriculture for CACC student meeting certain criteria. “Students from Central...

Market at Ag Heritage Park resumes May 5 on Auburn campus

Each summer, the freshest local produce and farm-made products can be found for sale every Thursday afternoon on Auburn University’s campus. The Market at Ag Heritage Park begins for the 2022 season on Thursday, May 5, and runs from 3-6 p.m. every Thursday through...

E.T. York Lecturer Series brings Microsoft exec

Data-driven agriculture could help feed growing population Land area is not increasing, soils are not getting any richer, and water levels are going down. So how do we reach the goal of increasing good food production to feed the planet? One approach is through...

Fisheries professors honored at international meeting

Two faculty members in the Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences were recently recognized at the World Aquaculture Society conference in San Diego. Professor Terry Hanson, a 35-year veteran of aquaculture economics research and...

Graduate students attend national MANRRS conference

Eleven graduate students in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University attended the Annual Training Conference and Career Expo from the National Society of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences, or MANRRS, March 23-26 in Jacksonville,...

E.T. York lecturer series to bring Microsoft executive on April 20

Ranveer Chandra to discuss empowering farmers with affordable digital agriculture techniques The brain behind FarmBeats — an agricultural research project developed by Microsoft using solar-powered, white space-based Internet connectivity to record soil temperature...

Agricultural communications major takes second in Tiger Cage competition

Not every Auburn University senior receives thousands of dollars in startup capital prior to graduation. But Will Jordan is not your average senior. Jordan was the second-place finisher in the Tiger Cage Business Idea Competition, an annual program for student-led...

Auburn University hosts groundbreaking conference on AI in agriculture

In a groundbreaking, first-of-its kind event, university scientists, engineers, producers, government agencies and industry officials from throughout the Southeast met at Auburn University to brainstorm ways to use artificial intelligence to help farmers. The bottom...

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department rakes in awards

Faculty and students in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences at Auburn University received a number of awards during the annual meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of...

Seun Oladipupo is the pinnacle of graduate excellence at Auburn

Few students have been as actively involved in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University as Seun Oladipupo, a Ph.D. candidate who plans to complete his degree in May. According to Entomology and Plant Pathology Chair David Held, Oladipupo...

Man vs. Mosquito: Auburn researcher tackles age-old battle

By Mike Jernigan So, imagine you’re a female mosquito. You’re patiently circling, waiting to pounce, while your unsuspecting victim enjoys a picnic with no idea they have unknowingly been placed on your menu. Your multi-lensed eyes have confirmed what your carbon...

Auburn, HudsonAlpha researcher awarded fellowship to accelerate hop breeding programs

The beer industry has been steadily growing in the United States over the last decade, driven largely by the increased popularity of craft breweries. It is predicted to continue this growth with an estimated market value of $146 billion by 2025. To meet the growing...

Alabama Public Television to highlight extension program fighting hunger

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s Grow More, Give More initiative will be the focus of Alabama Public Television’s next installment in its “Spotlight on Agriculture” series at 9 p.m. Feb. 24. Grow More, Give More is a program through which home gardeners grow...

Bonnie Plants Foundation gift to create Children’s Garden

The Transformation Garden in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University recently received a truly transformative donation. Bonnie Plants Foundation announced a multiyear donation to establish a new two-acre Children’s Garden and Pollinator Garden within Auburn's...

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Market at Ag Heritage Park underway, to feature special guest...

Bowen named interim head of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Department

Kira Bowen has been tapped to serve as interim head of Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, effective August 1. “I look forward to working with Dr. Bowen in this new role,” said Paul Patterson, dean of Auburn’s College of...

Alabama Agriculture Experiment Station announces new structure

The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) at Auburn University has announced a new regional structure of its outlying units and operations. “The new regional organization structure is intended to focus more station-based personnel on research operations,”...

Congratulations to the Auburn College of Agriculture 2022 Summer Graduates!

COA Summer 2022 Bachelor of Science Graduates AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Degree Jorge David Zelaya Rivera AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE Degree Lauren A Lasater Kati E Kent Kaitlyn Williams ANIMAL SCIENCES – ALLIED INDUSTRIES Degree Rebecca L Boyer Nicholas Alexander...

Faculty member receives NSF CAREER award to study flash drought

Di Tian, an assistant professor in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been named a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, Award. The CAREER...

Auburn College of Agriculture, Central Alabama Community College sign partnership agreement

E.T. York lecturer series to bring Microsoft executive on April 20

Congratulate Auburn agriculture’s spring class of 2022 award winners & graduates.

Auburn University’s College of Agriculture honors these outstanding students and 2022 spring graduates. The final selection was made by the scholarship committee. The following are the award winners by department, school or program. DEAN’S AWARD BETHANIE...

Alumnus showcases turfgrass management on social media

By Taylor Sondgeroth It is no secret that social media has greatly influenced the world as we know it today. But perhaps less known is the daily impact social media has on the agriculture industry. Auburn University graduates Daniel Johnson and his wife Amanda are an...

College of Agriculture students, faculty earn prestigious awards

Students and faculty in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University were recently recognized for their hard work and achievements through a number of regional and national awards. In the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Assistant Professor...

Graduate student designs smart gardening project for countries in crisis

Native Zambian Dorcas Lukwesa wanted to study agricultural sciences because of the seed her farming grandparents planted in her — a budding interest in food and nutrition she couldn’t ignore as she aspired to go to college outside her home country. Now a graduate...

Auburn University, Alabama Extension unveil historical marker recognizing Alfa centennial

Auburn University and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System celebrated the Alabama Farmers Federation’s recent centennial celebration with the unveiling of a historical marker on Thursday, Feb. 17. The marker was erected at the Alfa Pavilion at Auburn’s Ag Heritage...

Conference to feature Southeast’s brightest agricultural minds

The College of Agriculture at Auburn University and its fellow land-grand universities throughout the Southeast are jointly hosting a conference next month to address the potential of artificial intelligence, robotics and automation in agriculture. Titled “Envisioning...

Layne honored for Transformation Garden, completion of leadership program

Auburn University’s Desmond Layne, head of the Department of Horticulture, has been honored by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, or APLU, for leading Auburn’s Transformation Garden project and his completion of the APLU’s Food Systems Leadership...

College of Agriculture recognizes fall 2021 award winners & graduates

Two excellent students from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture have been selected as recipients of the college’s Dean’s Award and Student Marshal. The final selection was made by the scholarship committee. Below we also honor our Fall 2021 Graduates. DEAN’S...

Research finds improved soil test for phosphorus in water

In the quest to find a solution to one problem, agricultural research oftentimes finds answers to others along the way. Such is the case with researchers from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture, where scientists are working to ensure that waste or litter from...

September Our Work Seminar to share work inside vertical farms

Students in the College of Agriculture at Auburn University who are interested in learning more about the innovative work happening in the college’s new vertical farms at the Transformation Garden can do so at the Our Work Seminar this month. Six times a year, the...