The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) at Auburn University
The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station 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. AAES researchers conduct innovative fundamental and applied (mission-oriented) research that supports the advancement of Alabama’s agriculture and forestry industries, for the purpose of improving quality of life and well-being of citizens and communities of Alabama and beyond.
Diversity of crops & research
Few agricultural operations come close to matching the diversity of crops and locations as the outlying units of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) at Auburn University. From the mountains of the Tennessee Valley to the beaches of the Gulf Coast, scientists and technicians at 14 AAES research units spread throughout 11,362 acres in Alabama were busy planting a host of crops on experimental plots that hopefully will offer solutions to some of agriculture’s most challenging problems.
Approx. Experiments Yearly
Total Funding FY2025
AAES outlying research units conduct approximately 750 experiments each year and employ about 100 staff and technicians, not counting university faculty who design most of the experiments.
Auburn’s Weather Exchange
The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) is pleased to announce the launch of Auburn’s Weather Exchange by Medius Ag, LLC. All of the weather data we collect on station is now available to anyone at any time and is free of charge.
Performance of Winter Forages in Alabama, 2025-2026
May 19 - The following results are now available. Wiregrass Research...
2026 Soybean OVT Entry Form
January 15 - The 2026 Auburn University Official Soybean Variety...
2026 Peanut OVT Entry Form
January 15 - For the 2026 season, peanuts will be tested in 4...
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AAES Directors Office
5040 Haley Center
Auburn Univ., AL 36849
(334) 844-2345
WATCH THE NEWEST ACRES OF AUBURN
In this edition of Acres of Auburn, Ph.D. student Duncan McSorley breaks down how the Department of Animal Sciences is conducting groundbreaking research with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station at the Sand Mountain Research & Extension Center.
Acres of Auburn is a series of short stories of Auburn University researchers with the College of Agriculture and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station meant to explain the hard work of these individuals in a single snapshot.
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