Auburn University College of Agriculture | This Is the Work That Makes the World Work

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Web Name: Auburn University College of Agriculture | This Is the Work That Makes the World Work

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Cookie Acceptance Needed This website would like to use cookies to collect information to improve your browsing experience. Please review our Privacy Statement for more information. Do you accept? accept deny Fighting the great land grab The story Loka Ashwood tells of the transformation of the rural farming community where she grew up is a sad—and, sadly, familiar—one to many who hold happy memories of childhoods spent in similar places. Read more Horses a $2.08 billion industry in Alabama Alabama's horse industry continues to have a substantial impact on the state’s bottom line, pumping an estimated $2.08 billion annually into the Alabama economy and contributing, both directly and indirectly, to about 24,000 jobs that represent $706 million in total labor income. Read more Auburn agriculture part of pilot big-data project 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. Read more Collaboration with STRI Group to enhance Auburn sports turf research Auburn University is joining forces with the world’s leading sports turf consultancy to initiate research and development programs throughout the U.S. sports surface market. The agreement with the STRI Group will focus primarily on expanding the U.S. soccer industry, as well as conducting surfaces research in other sports including golf, football, baseball and equestrian. Read more The Bee's Knees An entomologist whose most recent findings as a senior research associate at Switzerland’s University of Bern suggest that two widely used pesticides act as unintended contraceptives in male honey bees has joined the Auburn University College of Agriculture as assistant professor of insect pollination and apiculture in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology. Read more Auburn’s Youssef recognized for catfish research The award recognizes Youssef’s abstract, “Effect of combined transgenic channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus growth hormone (GH) and their siblings on growth rate of channel catfish in earthen ponds,” which summarizes her research on the growth performance of male and female transgenic channel catfish growth hormone (GH) cDNA and their full siblings in earthen ponds at different ages. Read more Horticulture master's student garners multiple scholarships Andrej Svyantek, a master’s student in Auburn’s Department of Horticulture, has been awarded four scholarships totaling $9,500 in recent weeks to support his research on sustainable production of wine grapes in Alabama and the Southeast. Read more Auburn University dedicates Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center The Miller Center will support programming and activities of Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science and the National Poultry Technology Center. Poultry is Alabama’s leading agricultural commodity, with a $15 billion economic impact. And Alabama is one of the country’s leading poultry-producing states. Read more Auburn UniversityCollege of Agriculture 107 Comer HallAuburn, AL 36849

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