What are Alabama Agricultural Experiment Stations?

Food Animal Systems, Integrated Food and Human Health Systems, Plant Production and Management Systems, and Sustainable Ecosystems and Renewable Resources. What do each of these things have in common? They are all research areas being conducted by different Alabama Agricultural Experiment Stations.

“The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) at Auburn University was established in 1883 by an act of the Alabama Legislature to conduct scientific research that would advance Alabama’s agricultural and forestry industries. AAES operations are supported with funding support from the USDA NIFA Hatch funding program and the State of Alabama.”, says Auburn University’s Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station.

With research units located in North, Central, and South Alabama further information about advancements in specific areas of agriculture are found throughout the studies going on in each of these regions. For example, the following are just three out of the fifteen units in Alabama that focus their research on helping and developing agriculture around us.

• The Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in North Alabama does their research on geospatial navigation tools, but also does different evaluations on corn, soybeans and wheat. Their research also goes more in-depth on the growth, irrigation, and management of cotton.

• In Central Alabama, the Prattville Agricultural Research Unit focuses their research on insect control, development and evaluation affects on cotton. Along with cotton, they also do research on corn, small grain and fertility in various soils.

• The Gulf Coast Research and Extension Canter in the southern part of the state focuses on beef cattle, cotton disease and growth, citrus protection, peanut management, soybean breeding lines and corn, small grain and soybeans.

Along with the fifteen units, Auburn University offers experiment stations within the College of Agriculture, College of Human Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, and the College of Veterinary Medicines. Inside of all of these colleges and schools, students will find a way to get involved in hands-on research that will further the advancements of their studies.

Interested in learning about or getting involved in an experiment station near you? Keep reading in this issue or click HERE for more information.