Each summer, some of the best and brightest students at EARTH University in Costa Rica travel to Auburn to study and conduct research with the Auburn Aquaponics Project at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center. Xavier Rios Flores and Faustin Mukunzi recently spent a semester working on projects in aquaponics and hydroponics that were inspired by their home countries.
December 14, 2023
An episode of Planet Earth III airing in the U.S. this Saturday, Dec. 16, was made possible with the help of Assistant Professor Clint Penick in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
December 14, 2023
A desire to work in agriculture is something that many people have from an early age. But the story of Leanne Dillard is quite different. Early in her life, she wanted nothing to do with agriculture. So, how did she end up an Alabama Extension forage specialist and college professor?
December 13, 2023
If die-hard Auburn fans truly bleed orange and blue, then few families’ blood likely features more of the Tiger colors than the Brodbeck clan, whose immediate family features seven Auburn graduates. But a blood test would also show another liquid running just as prominently through the Brodbecks’ veins — coffee.
December 12, 2023
The unusually high mortality rate of largemouth bass across all stages of production makes it a challenge for farmers to raise this fish for profit. Researchers at Auburn University hope to expand production of largemouth bass in Alabama and the U.S. by solving the problem of high mortality rates.
December 07, 2023
Taylor Edwards, a native of Montevallo, Alabama, will represent the College of Agriculture at commencement exercises on Dec. 9. With a Bachelor of Science in agricultural communications and a minor in animal science under her belt, Edwards would like to head an agricultural publication one day.
December 04, 2023
