Auburn University Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology

Wishing all of our students a successful finals week!

Many thanks to Rick Pate, Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, for coming to the College of Ag today! Commissioner Pate visited our Agricultural Law & Agribusiness Management classes to speak and answer questions on a variety of subjects relating to his important work.
Thank you again and War Eagle! 🧡

Representing at the Sunbelt Ag Expo!

Farm and Agribusiness Extension team running the “So You Want to be a Farmer” Game in the
Alabama Extension / Auburn University College of Ag Barn at Sunbelt Ag Expo, Moultrie GA, 2023

L to R: Rilea Robinson, Calen Monroe, Wendiam Sawadgo, Dennis Brothers, Adam Rabinowitz

Dr. Joshua Duke, Department Head, is pictured with Experimental Lab Manager Jose Garcia and graduate students Pathmanathan Sivashankar, Pritam Mitra, and Wanqi Liang. They gave a demonstration of experiments using eye tracking technology at the Ag Roundup on September 16th. Their awesome work represented us well!

Two of our faculty members had the honor of being recognized for promotion and/or tenure at Auburn University's annual Faculty Promotion and Tenure Reception provided by the Office of the Provost on September 13, 2023.
Pictured are the two:
Dr. Adam Rabinowitz (left), Associate Professor and Tenure
Dr. Jian Rong (middle), Senior Lecturer

Also pictured are Aubie and Dr. Joshua Duke, Department Head.

Our department is lucky to have them! 💙🧡

Dr. Bijesh Mishra, post-doctoral fellow in the department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, authored an article for the Journal of Environmental Management titled “Economic returns and the perceived obstacles to adopting active management in the forest-grassland transition ecoregion in south-central USA.”
Read it here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479723010137

Assistant Professor and Alabama Extension Economist Wendiam Sawadgo was awarded the Choices magazine Outstanding Article award for his article “The Invisible Elephant: Disadoption of Conservation Practices in the United States.” The award is presented by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). Pictured is Dr. Sawadgo with AAEA past president Norbert Wilson, who was a former faculty member in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Auburn University.
https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/the-invisible-elephant-disadoption-of-conservation-practices-in-the-united-states

Annual Alabama Agricultural Outlook Conference - Alabama Cooperative Extension System The Alabama Cooperative Extension System Farm and Agribusiness Management Team is excited to announce its annual agricultural outlook conference.

Check out this paper — an agronomic-economic approach to connecting manure nutrients back to grain-producing regions, coauthored by our very own Department Head, Joshua Duke!

https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jeq2.20329

You’re very “deer” to us, too College of Agriculture at Auburn University! ♥️🦌

The Agribusiness Club held their 4th and final General Membership Meeting of the semester on Tuesday, November 16th. Director of Governmental & Agricultural Programs at Alabama Farmers Federation Brian Hardin was their guest speaker!

Meet Caroline Thomas!

Caroline is a sophomore majoring in Agricultural Business/Economics. She is from Selma, Alabama.

On campus, Caroline has served as a project coordinator for Auburn's The BIG Event and reporter for the Agribusiness Club. Currently, she is secretary for the Agribusiness Club, a content creator for Ag Hill Social, a mentee for the Ag Alumni Mentor Program, and is a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

"What I love most about the College of Ag is how you form so many relationships with people within the college. I have already met so many people that genuinely care about me and my career path. It's like a big family!" she said.

War Eagle, Caroline!