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Media contact: Keith Oakley, president, N.C. Agricultural Foundation, N.C. State University,
919.515.9262
or keith_oakely@ncsu.edu
Perdue Farms Makes $100,000 gift to N.C. State Feed Mill
Dr. Hank Engster, Perdue vice president of technical services (left) presents a $100,000 check for the N.C. State Feed Mill Educational Unit to Dr. Sam Pardue, head of the N.C. State poultry science department. (for a copy of this picture, contact Dave Caldwell, 919.513.3127 or dave_caldwell@ncsu.edu) |
Building on a partnership that started more than 50 years ago, Perdue Incorporated, through the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, recently presented a $100,000 check to North Carolina State University to support the new Feed Mill Educational Unit, a hands-on learning laboratory of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Departments of Poultry Science and Animal Science.
The feed mill, expected to open in early 2007, will be the centerpiece of the college's Feed Milling Education Initiative, which is designed to prepare students for leadership roles in the feed milling industry and to provide the underlying educational and research programs required to support a sustainable industry. Perdue Farms has been a long-time supporter of the university and the college, making possible numerous scholarships, as well as programs in research, teaching, youth development and extension.
We are very grateful for Perdue's continuing commitment to our Department of Poultry Science, said department head Dr. Sam Pardue. For more than 50 years the Wolfpack and Perdue have learned to depend on one another and I trust that our relationship will continue to serve as a model for future collaborations.
Located at the University Field Lab on Lake Wheeler Road in Raleigh, the feed mill will provide hands-on opportunities for students to learn the principles and methods of feed manufacture and will bolster the college's new feed milling curriculum.
In making this pace-setting gift to the feed mill, Perdue Farms takes a leading role among those who will ensure the success of the programs the new mill will make possible, said Dr. Winston Hagler, assistant director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, the college's research arm. The feed mill will empower our scientists and students to do research in animal feed manufacturing techniques to help ensure profitable animal production in our state and region.
Speaking on behalf of Perdue Farms at a recent check-presentation ceremony, Dr. Hank Engster, vice president of technical services, said We are pleased that the university has taken the leadership to pursue both building facilities and creating a course of instruction in this area of endeavor, as it is in the heart of Perdue's poultry production areas on the East Coast.
PERDUE® is the #1 brand of fresh chicken in the Eastern United States. Ranked third in sales in the poultry industry, Perdue Incorporated is a leading international food and agriculture business providing quality products and services to customers in more than 40 countries. Privately held and family-run for three generations, the company employs more than 20,000 associates and partners with 7,500 independent farm families.
-Suzanne Stanard, 919-513-3126 or suzanne_stanard@ncsu.edu-
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