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Research Highlights is a monthly publication
of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. |
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| Breaking disease cycle |
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| Catfish industry quickly adopts feed additive
Auburn University research aimed at minimizing a deadly disease in catfish has, in a short time, prompted Alabama catfish producers to significantly change what they feed their fish. In the study they launched in 2015, researchers are examining whether a fish-feed additive can help break the cycle of disease caused by a virulent strain of the bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila.
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| Poultry center dedicated |
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| Auburn University administration, faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends gathered Nov. 4 to dedicate the new Charles C. Miller Poultry Research and Education Center. The event honored Miller's family. |
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| Horses contribute to economy |
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| Alabama's horse industry contributes approximately $2.08 billion to the state's economy despite recent financial blows that have reduced the equine population by 21 percent by a decade ago. |
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| Participants needed for food choice study |
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| Faculty and staff are invited to participate in a research study with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology to understand food choice, expected consumption of food products and investment decisions. Any person over 19 and not a student is eligible to participate.Participants will be asked to participate in a series of computerized pricing activities and a survey that should take an hour. |
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| The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station has 15 outlying research units located throughout the state, each representing a different soil type and climate region. Here's a snapshot of some of the research underway in Prattville. |
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Prattville Agricultural Research Unit
Cultural practices such as planting date and planting populations are being evaluated to determine their effect on aflatoxin contamination in field corn. Drought, extreme heat and corn ear injury from insect feeding stress corn and create an environment favorable to aflatoxin production.
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Fruit and Vegetable Fall Conference
Nov. 17-18 |
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| The Alabama Fruits and Vegetable Growers Association's annual fall conference is slated for Nov. 17-18 at the Clanton Conference and Performing Arts Center. The conference will focus on the ever-changing fruit and vegetable industry and will include farm visits and hands-on training. |
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Alabama Corn and Wheat Short Course
Dec. 12-13 |
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| The Alabama Corn and Wheat Short Course will be held Dec.12-13 at The Hotel at Auburn University. Presenters from the Auburn University College of Agriculture, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, other land grant universities including Kansas State University, University of Kentucky, University of Arkansas, Louisiana State University and University of Georgia, as well as private companies, will address a variety of topics pertaining to corn and small grain production. |
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December Agronomic Crops Webinar
Dec. 13, 9:00 a.m. - 12 p.m. |
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| The agronomic crops team from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System is conducting a series of monthly webinars for 2016. The Dec. 13 webinar will cover new Worker Protection Standards and pesticide applicator programs, nutrient waste management update, update on the Alabama Variety Testing Program, and soil and water runoff considerations. |
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| "Research Highlights" is a monthly e-newsletter focusing on the work of Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists. The AAES encompasses almost 200 researchers in five Auburn University colleges and schools, at six interdisciplinary research centers and institutes on the Auburn campus, and at 15 outlying research units located across the state.To get the word out on your AAES research projects, please contact us at researchhighlights@auburn.edu. |
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Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Office of Agricultural Communications and Marketing
3 Comer Hall, Auburn, AL 36801
agcomm@auburn.edu
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